JPA Scholarship Scheme: Seeking A Fair Equitable Policy

Read about all the a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/14/nation/3880204amp;sec=nation"renewed controversy/a over the JPA scholarships recently?br /br /Well, in the light of the neverending controversy over the award of government scholarships by Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) of the Prime Minister's Department, DAP will be holding a forum/dialogue session to obtain feedback from:br /ulliaggrieved students/lilicurrent and former local and overseas scholars/liliacademics /lilithe general public/li/ulThe forum/dialogue will be held as follows:br /blockquotespan style="font-weight: bold;"JPA Scholarships – Seeking A Fair amp; Equitable Policy/spanbr /Venue: KL amp; Selangor Chinese Assembly Hallbr /Date: 19th May 2009 (Tuesday)br /Time: 8.00 pmbr //blockquoteThe panelists will include:br /ulliLim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader and MP for Ipoh Timor,/liliAnthony Loke Siew Fook, MP for Rasah and DAPSY Chief,/liliTony Pua, MP for Petaling Jaya Utara,/liliDr Dzulkifli Ahmad, PAS Research Centre Director and MP for Kuala Selangor/liliNik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Selangor ADUN for Seri Setia/li/ulDr Goh Cheng Teik, eminent academic, former deputy minister and interviewer for Harvard University admission programme in Malaysia will also be a special guest for the evening.br /br /In addition, for students and scholars who are not able to make it for the forum (e.g., if you are overseas or if you live outstation, you are welcome to submit written submissions to the panel. Please write to: dapscholarship (at) rocketmail (dot) com.br /br /Please forward details of the above forum to all parties concerned, especially those who have failed to secure scholarships despite outstanding results. We will be making a compilation of the complaints, appeals and suggestions made during the evening.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37045477-1027512428276165727?l=tonypua.blogspot.com'//div

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