Tatchanai Program Helps Over 800 Indian Students Sit For STPM Since 2018
Senior Private Secretary to the Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk Anbumani Balan said over 250 of these students later secured places in public universities.
The mentoring initiative, supported by Deputy Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan, is run by the Johor Self-Help Association and Social I-Tenaga Association and conducted online to assist Indian students preparing for STPM.
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