DUNGUN (Bernama): A new mechanism for the repayment of the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) loan is expected to take six months to prepare before it can be presented to the Cabinet for approval, says its chairman Wan Saiful Wan Jan (pic). He said PTPTN was actively holding meetings with various parties including community leaders, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders to obtain relevant information and input before the draft was tabled. Wan Saiful assured that the views and suggestions from everyone would be considered and analysed to find the best mode for repayment. "Before this, we had to send the suggestions on improvements (for the repayment scheme) within 100 days, but due to the time constraints and shortcomings in the repayment scheme that was to be implemented on Dec 5, it was postponed by the Government following protests from the people. "So after this, we will make sure that all views will be taken into consideration and will create several scenarios and look observe the effects before it is presented (to the Cabinet)," he said.

Source: The Star December 22, 2018 14:48 UTC