Monday, June 28, 2010

LETTER TO THE POLITICAL SECRETARY OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE REGARDING PTPTN LOAN REPAYMENT EXEMPTION FOR FIRST CLASS HONORS GRADUATES

Posted by TraCy at 10:02 AM

Dear All,
First of all, I wish to express my sincere apologies for the unintended delay regarding the above matter. Anyhow, I had finally put up a letter and had already emailed to the Political Secretary (Dr. Oh Ei Sun) of the Prime Minister's Office as below:
Dear Dr Oh,
With reference to the above matter, I am pleased to represent my colleagues to bring our appeal for PTPTN (Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional) loan repayment exemption to your kind attention.
2. As a First Class Honours (CGPA 3.89) graduate from Universiti Utara Malaysia of the enrollment session of July 2005/2006, my academic achievement had qualified me for the loan repayment exemption. However, my application for the loan repayment exemption on 29 June 2009 was officially rejected by a letter received on 11 August from the PTPTN (Ref: PTPTN/SPP/851127085124, dated 17 July 2009). The reason for the disqualification was such that only borrowers whose loan had been approved before 1 July 2005 AND graduate with a First Class Honours Degree are eligible for loan repayment exemption.
3. Following the announcement of budget plan of 2010, I sincerely believed that all the university students were delighted, nevertheless, motivated by the news that First Class Honours graduates would be exempted from the loan repayment as the loan would be automatically converted to scholarship. Unfortunately, after checking with the authority from PTPTN, we were informed that only graduates who complete their study in 2010 are eligible to that privilege.
4. In this regard, I hope that your good office could assist to bring this issue to our Most Honorable Prime Minister’s kind consideration to waive PTPTN loan repayment for First Class Honours Graduates. Before the new condition for the eligibility of loan exemption was enforced, First Class Honours graduates had been exempted from the loan repayment all these while. There had been cases whereby Second Class Upper graduates (whose CGPA was slightly away from First Class Honours) managed to obtain special consideration from PTPTN to repay only 50 percent of the loan. The new condition for loan repayment exemption and the loan conversion in the budget plan of 2010 had eventually left ONLY the First Class Honors graduates who obtained their PTPTN loan after 1 July 2005 and graduated in 2009 not being granted the accessibility to this privilege which had been enjoyed by all the First Class Honors graduates.
5. In my earlier effort to seek assistance from the Honorable Senator A. Kohilan Pillay on this matter, we are informed that the Ministry of Higher Education is studying the explicit impact of the implementation of PTPTN loan repayment exemption for First Class Honors Graduates (letter as enclosed--Please request by email if you wish to have a look at the said letter). However, we had not heard from the relevant office since then.
6. Attached herewith a name list of affected students whom I knew for your reference (confirmed attached, not deciding to reveal here). We sincerely hope that this loan repayment exemption reconsideration could also be extended to all the unnamed students who are affected as well. Your attention to this letter is highly appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance for your kind assistance. We hope to hear from you soon.

Your Sincerely,
(My Real Name...Forgive me as I do not wish to reveal it here) @ TRACY
H/P No.: (Also not consider to reveal here..hehe)

 

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6 Comments:

  1. Patrick P. said...
    October 1, 2010 at 9:41 AM  
    Hi Tracy,

    I just wonder did u get any response from whoever read your letter above? Too bad I'm one of the unlucky ones... I'm kind of giving up already since none of my efforts (sending letter, emails, writing comments) had ever received a positive feedback.

    Just hope Najib will announce something good in the next budget..

    Cheers :)
    TraCy said...
    October 1, 2010 at 11:02 AM  
    Hi Patrick,

    Thanks for dropping by. I have been receiving feedbacks from a few readers and I'm in the process of updating the name list. So far, I have less than 15 names. If you would like to be on the list as well, kindly email me your full name/ course/ graduation year/ university (tracy.gwen@gmail.com).

    So far, I was informed my feedback to YAB Prime Minister had been forwarded to PTPTN. Unfortunately, I was understood that the email was not received by PTPTN via my conversation with one of the officers there. Anyhow, I have alert the lady on last friday and she would look into this matter again. For the time being, I'm still waiting for feedback.

    Regards,
    Tracy
    hot said...
    October 8, 2011 at 5:34 PM  
    Hi, thanks for the post. It is my concern as well. May I know how's the response (if any)?
    TraCy said...
    October 9, 2011 at 6:11 PM  
    Hot: Thanks for dropping by. Unfortunately nope, they forwarded the letter I sent via PM's website to PTPTN again. I've put up another group appeal through MCA Youth since July......still, there's no response as of today.

    Regards,
    Tracy
    Lim said...
    May 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM  
    Hi Tracy,

    I applaud your effort in helping other deserving graduates to seek for exemption.

    So, June 2012 is almost here, any feedback from PTPTN yet?
    TraCy said...
    June 3, 2012 at 4:07 PM  
    Hello Lim, sorry for later reply. Had been bz with exam. Please be informed that we had set up a FB group concerning this group appeal. The latest info we've got is MOHE is preparing a cabinet paper regarding our request. Affected students are asked to send their particulars to the Minister's PA. Should u need further information, pls refer to the FB group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/157840467593335/

    Regards,
    Tracy

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