Konvo: 3,000 pelajar UIA bantah ganti songkok
Sumber: Malaysiakini.com
Seramai 3,158 pelajar Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) menandatangani petisyen membantah keputusan pihak pentadbiran universiti tersebut untuk menggunakan jubah baru dan menggantikan pemakaian songkok untuk majlis konvokesyennya.Pihak pentadbiran UIA memutuskan untuk menggunakan jubah baru serta menggantikan pemakaian songkok dengan mortar.Bantahan tersebut diterajui oleh Majlis Perwakilan Mahasiswa UIA (MPP-UIA).Berikutan itu, seramai 100 pelajar UIA telah mengadakan perhimpunan tengahari untuk menyokong tindakan MPP membantah perubahan tersebut.Presiden MPP-UIA, Muhammad Adib Hatim berkata, mereka membantah penggantian pemakaian songkok tersebut kerana ia sudah menjadi identiti UIA sejak 25 tahun lalu.Katanya, manakala keputusan menggunakan jubah baru itu dan mortar tersebut, menyebabkan pihak universiti menanggung kos sebanyak RM2.1 juta.Selepas perhimpunan tersebut, Muhammad Adib telah menyerahkan tandatangan tersebut kepada Timbalan Rektor UIA (Akademik dan Penyelidikan), Prof Datuk Dr MD Tahir Azhar.Katanya, kempen mengutip tandatangan pelajar bagi membantah keputusan UIA itu dianjurkan oleh MPP-UIA.UIA mempunyai 13,000 pelajar di kampus induknya di Gombak dan 2,000 lagi di kampus cawangannya di Kuantan, Pahang.
Minta butiran terperinciMuhammad Adib berkata, mereka mempersoalkan tindakan universiti membuat keputusan yang melibatkan jumlah wang yang banyak, tanpa berbincang terlebih dahulu dengan mahasiswa."Kami hanya mengetahuinya apabila media melaporkan terlebih dahulu," kata Muhammad.MPP juga menuntut pihak universiti memberikan butian terperinci mengenai perbelanjaan untuk tujuan itu.Dr Md Tahir, ketika ditemui pemberita selepas pertemuan 30 minit dengan tiga pemimpin MPP -UIA, termasuk Muhammad berkata, songkok masih terus digunakan seperti biasa dalam majlis-majlis lain. "Hanya untuk konvokesyen sahaja mortar digunakan untuk diseragamkan dengan universiti-universiti lain," katanya.Beliau menolak dakwaan bahawa RM2.1 juta itu mahal kerana jubah dan mortar itu, menurutnya, boleh digunakan dalam tempoh yang lama sehingga lebih 20 tahun.5,000 pakaian"Mana ada mahal...baju yang dia pakai lagi mahal. " katanya sambil menunjuk ke arah seorang pemberita wanita.Katanya, jubah dan songkok lama itu akan dijual jika ada kolej-kolej baru yang berniat membelinya.UIA membeli lebih kurang 5,000 pakaian untuk majlis konvokesyen baru. Lebih 4,000 pekajar akan menggunakannya selama tiga hari mulai Sabtu ini. Mengulas dakwaan bahawa tindakan pentadbiran universiti itu membelakangi mahasiswa, Dr Md Tahir berkata, terdapat beberapa perkara yang perlu diberitahu dan ada yang tidak perlu diberitahu terlebih dahulu."Dalam kes ini, ia berada dalam kawasan samar-samar, boleh beritahu dulu. Tetapi tidak beritahu pun tidak mengapa," kata Dr Md Tahir.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Cabinet agrees on new rate for PTPTN loan applicants
The Star: 14th August 2008
PUTRAJAYA: Students will now have to pay only a 1% administration charge for National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the Cabinet had agreed to the new rate at its meeting last week and its effective date was backdated to June 1.
“Students will pay a flat rate of 1% now compared to the 3% levied for first-degree courses and 5% for postgraduate programmes previously,” he told a news conference at his ministry yesterday after chairing the post-Cabinet meeting.
Khaled said a flat rate would be less burdensome to students compared to the previous method, which was calculated on a reducing rate basis.
“Under the reducing rate, students who did not settle their instalments on time or missed one or two payments ended up paying more.”
He said the new rate would be applicable to new and existing students as well as borrowers who had already graduated but were still paying off their study loans.
“For students who obtained loans before the new rate was introduced, their applications will be processed according to the old rate but adjustments will be made once the new system is up and running in December.
“Borrowers who are still studying and those who have already graduated will get fresh loan agreements from January based on the new rate. They will be given one month to choose the new option,” said Khaled. PTPTN currently has 1.04 million borrowers.
Khaled also said the new method of calculation was determined after consultations with the National Fatwa Council, which had stated that it was compliant with syariah law.
“We hope that the new rate will encourage more students to pay back their loans promptly. We will also give incentives to those who repay their loans quickly,” he said.
Currently, the rate of repayment of PTPTN loans is below 50%. Borrowers have up to 20 years to repay the loans depending on the amount.
Khaled also said that PTPTN would give out loans to help students pay for their insurance premiums under the fund.
On Tuesday, students from Masterskill College of Nursing and Health in Kuala Lumpur held a protest over the deduction of insurance premiums from their loan amounts.
They claimed that the deductions of up to RM1,300 had resulted in some of them not having enough money for their cost of living expenses.
“The situation happened because the students were paying this year for the higher, accumulated insurance premiums introduced last year.
“To help these students, PTPTN will offer them a higher loan amount to cover their insurance premiums. However, they will have to repay it later,” he said.
The students also turned up at the ministry in Putrajaya yesterday to highlight their plight.
PUTRAJAYA: Students will now have to pay only a 1% administration charge for National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the Cabinet had agreed to the new rate at its meeting last week and its effective date was backdated to June 1.
“Students will pay a flat rate of 1% now compared to the 3% levied for first-degree courses and 5% for postgraduate programmes previously,” he told a news conference at his ministry yesterday after chairing the post-Cabinet meeting.
Khaled said a flat rate would be less burdensome to students compared to the previous method, which was calculated on a reducing rate basis.
“Under the reducing rate, students who did not settle their instalments on time or missed one or two payments ended up paying more.”
He said the new rate would be applicable to new and existing students as well as borrowers who had already graduated but were still paying off their study loans.
“For students who obtained loans before the new rate was introduced, their applications will be processed according to the old rate but adjustments will be made once the new system is up and running in December.
“Borrowers who are still studying and those who have already graduated will get fresh loan agreements from January based on the new rate. They will be given one month to choose the new option,” said Khaled. PTPTN currently has 1.04 million borrowers.
Khaled also said the new method of calculation was determined after consultations with the National Fatwa Council, which had stated that it was compliant with syariah law.
“We hope that the new rate will encourage more students to pay back their loans promptly. We will also give incentives to those who repay their loans quickly,” he said.
Currently, the rate of repayment of PTPTN loans is below 50%. Borrowers have up to 20 years to repay the loans depending on the amount.
Khaled also said that PTPTN would give out loans to help students pay for their insurance premiums under the fund.
On Tuesday, students from Masterskill College of Nursing and Health in Kuala Lumpur held a protest over the deduction of insurance premiums from their loan amounts.
They claimed that the deductions of up to RM1,300 had resulted in some of them not having enough money for their cost of living expenses.
“The situation happened because the students were paying this year for the higher, accumulated insurance premiums introduced last year.
“To help these students, PTPTN will offer them a higher loan amount to cover their insurance premiums. However, they will have to repay it later,” he said.
The students also turned up at the ministry in Putrajaya yesterday to highlight their plight.
Monday, August 11, 2008
CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF IIUM 2008
"This transformation is made in order to standardize the convocation attire in this country" Utusan Malaysia 24th July 2008
Are you agree?
IIUM need to spend 2.1 million for the transformation!!!
Kindly visit www.iiu.edu.my/src
Are you agree?
IIUM need to spend 2.1 million for the transformation!!!
Kindly visit www.iiu.edu.my/src
Monday, August 4, 2008
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