Maszlee sets out with plans to fix problems

PUTRAJAYA: Fresh graduates drawing a salary below RM4,000 could delay repayment of their National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans once the details have been hashed out.

Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik said he was working on this “100-day promise” of Pakatan Harapan and will meet with the Immigration Department soon to discuss blacklisting measures that are currently in place on PTPTN loan defaulters.

“I am confident borrowers will repay the loan when their salary hits RM4,000, and believe there will be more repaying their loans than defaulters in the future,” he told reporters after the handover of duties from his predecessor Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh at the Higher Education Ministry yesterday.

The Simpang Renggam MP, who believes the merging of the Higher Education and Education Ministries was “not a big issue”, said he was working on abolishing the Univer-sity and University Colleges Act 1971.

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