SHAH ALAM, April 8 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has insisted that Malaysia’s oil revenue could cover shortages in the country’s education bill, dismissing Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s claim yesterday that abolishing a federal student loan scheme would cost taxpayers RM43 billion.
The opposition leader, speaking at a rally in Stadium Melawati here last night, also disputed the figure given by Najib and said his calculations were much lower.
The prime minister was reported as saying yesterday that Anwar’s proposal to abolish the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan scheme was not feasible as it would cost the government RM43 billion, thus incurring an additional tax burden on Malaysians.
“Najib says RM43 billion, I count far less,” said Anwar at the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) rally last night.
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Jarumemas: PTPTN will have to come up with all the details for the government to over rule Anwar's statement. Many disadvantages will resume rather than advantages if PTPTN is abolished. Our economy will drop and the education development will come to a stand still. There will be no more IPTS , the less fortunate students will not be able to further their studies because their parents are not able to sponsor their studies. There will be more unemployment in the country, more juvenile deliquencies will arise and when all these happened, the investors will retreat and cause our economy to drop dramatically.
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