5,694 IPMa students receive PerantiSiswa in stages

A total of 5,694 tablets under the PerantiSiswa programme have been handed out in stages to the educational institutions under the Ministry of Rural Development (KPLB). 

The distribution started today with the central region-based Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) Institute of Education (IPMa) involving 610 students from UniKL Malaysian Institute of Information Technology (UniKL MIIT) and UniKL Business School (UBIS); Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA Kuala Lumpur (40); Kolej Poly-Tech Mara Bangi (40); and German-Malaysian Institute (40). 

It was handed over by the Minister of Rural Development, YBM Dato’ Seri Mahdzir Khalid during Majlis Penyerahan PerantiSiswa Peringkat KPLB, at UniKL City Campus. 

“KPLB and the educational institutions involved will coordinate the next distribution with the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM). We expect to complete this distribution in November 2022.

“These students will each receive PerantiSiswa that includes a Samsung Galaxy A8 LTE tablet, in addition to being equipped with a Bluetooth keyboard, stylus pen and case,” he said. 

Also in attendance were the Chairman of MARA Corporation Sdn. Bhd., YB Senator Dato’ Wira Othman Aziz; Deputy Secretary-General (Policy) of Rural Development Ministry, YBhg. Datuk Che Murad Sayang Ramjan; Director General of MARA, YBhg. Dato’ Azhar Abdul Manaf; Special Advisor (Education) to Minister Of Rural Development, Senator Datuk Dr. Haji Azhar Ahmad; Deputy Director-General (Education) of MARA, YBhg. En. Razlan Haji Samsuri; and President / Chief Executive Officer of UniKL, Datuk Dr. Roziah Omar. 

These devices were given to eligible students under Phase 1 starting on September 3, while the distribution of devices under Phase 2 started in October.