Malaysia's Student Loan Company : Tackling the PTPTN Time Bomb /

The Malaysian National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) was set up in 1997. Since then, it has accumulated a massive debt amounting to RM40 billion in principal plus RM13 billion in interest. All these are guaranteed by the Malaysian government.It is now the biggest provider of student loan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Saiful Wan Jan, Wan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional.
Student loans.
Education, Higher > Finance.
Debts, Public.
Education, Higher > Malaysia > Finance.
Debts, Public > Malaysia.
Student loans > Malaysia.
Malaysia.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Malaysian National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) was set up in 1997. Since then, it has accumulated a massive debt amounting to RM40 billion in principal plus RM13 billion in interest. All these are guaranteed by the Malaysian government.It is now the biggest provider of student loans in the country and continues to play a very important role in catalysing socio-economic mobility, especially among the ethnic Malays which is the majority community in the country.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (31 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9789814881685

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