KUALA LUMPUR: Salary deduction on borrowers of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) whose salaries reached RM2,000 a month, will be effective from January next year, according to Education Minister Maszlee Malik (pix).
Also to be implemented in January is the exemption to repay PTPTN loans for borrowers from the middle 40% income group (M40) for those who obtained first class honours degrees.
He said the deduction of 2% or RM40 for borrowers whose salaries were at RM2,000 was decided by the Cabinet at a meeting on Nov 23.
“What we can do at this time is to place RM2,000 as a threshold for the start of repayment and then increase it based on the borrower’s income.
“The Cabinet also agreed to exempt loan repayments for those who received a first class honours degree from the M40 group. The original proposal was only for those from the B40 (bottom 40%) income group,“ he told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.
On the Pakatan Harapan’s pledge declared in its manifesto that it would make it compulsory for borrowers earning RM4,000 to repay their loan, he said the government would try its best to fulfil it when the country’s financial situation has stabilised. — Bernama
