End ‘annual heartache’ of top Indian SPM scorers, govt urged

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With SPM results announced today, two senators fear top scorers from the community may miss out on matriculation spots again.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/05/27/end-annual-heartache-of-top-indian-spm-scorers-govt-urged/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/05/27/henti-seksaan-jiwa-pelajar-india-cemerlang-spm-kerajaan-digesa/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #IndianStudents #SPMScores #MatriculationSeats

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00:00Two Senators have urged the government to ensure Indian students who excelled in the

00:072023 Siju, Pulajaran and Malaysia exams do not have to go through the annual heartache

00:11of missing out on a place in matriculation colleges.

00:14With SPM results released today, applications for matriculation college places are expected

00:19to open soon, and applicants will know their results in a couple of months.

00:24Senator Dr R. A. Lingeswaran said it was painful for top students to be overlooked for places

00:29in government matriculation colleges.

00:32He said it was heartbreaking to see students who do well begging for places when it should

00:36not be the case.

00:38No one should be deprived of any education opportunity as long as they qualify for a

00:41place or scholarship, he said.

00:44Senator C. Sivaraj, who previously asked Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to provide 2,500 matriculation

00:50seats for Indian students, said it is the right time for Puja Jaya to rectify this injustice.

00:55He said it was common knowledge that the Indian community lagged far behind and was

00:59in need of such assistance.

01:01Sivaraj said 1,600 matriculation seats were offered to Indian students in 2017, adding

01:07that Najib Razak as Prime Minister promised 2,200 seats the following year.

01:12However, the number of seats has been below 2,000 since then.

01:16Last year, it was much lower, he said.

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