Of PSD scholarships , SPM and blablabla..

I have been busy for this 2 weeks, seriously. I know that whether you're another student who applied for this PSD scholarship this year, parents of these group of students or just another Malaysian citizen, you must had heard of this matter.

Of course, year after year, this problem continues. Bright students who got 12A1s, 13A1s and above didn't get the scholarship, especially those who applied for medical, pharmacy and dentistry courses. And then political parties like MCA and MIC will lend a hand to these students to appeal to PSD and get the scholarships for them. Why is this happening? Why are there no solutions to this matter that happens every year? Why seeing this matter on almost every newspapers in the country around this time every year? Haiz...But I can only say that I'm lucky to get this scholarship and I'm not trying to boast out loud and offend people who didn't get it.

Then the news come in, where starting next year, those who go for SPM 2010 can only take up to a maximum number of subjects of 10. Then a new grading system will be carried out for SPM, where there will be grades like A+, A, A- and so on. Does this helps? whether it's called A1 or A+, the matter will still not be solved. You can see how it will happen on March 2011 then. Thousands will score 10A+s, and PSD will still face the same problem in giving away the scholarships. I think the solution would be increasing the marks for every subjects for getting A1 (or A+) to maybe 75 or 80 at the very least? Actually 65 is the mark you need to get to achieve an A1 in some subjects. Or maybe PSD should make it transparent about the list of applicants who got selected for the scholarships, to make it fair and square.(If it really was,then there will be no more havoc. =l)

Well, I will not say anymore longer concerning this matter and let this topic be closed everywhere please.

I even heard about a student from Seremban who changed her SPM result in the appeal letter and was caught for that action. She would be blacklisted I think, although she got 13A1s already but tried to change to 15, sad case.

But great news, I read the news where those who got 13A1s(total of 52 students only!) will get the scholarship automatically, whether did they appeal or not. While those who got 12A1s will have quite a high chance of getting it too.

The results of the appeal will come out on the 1st of June, I heard. Those who didn't get it may opt for apply the local one.

And there lefts a month for me in Kuching. Lol. Happy and sad.