AXIATA FOUNDATION LAUNCHES BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAMME AND ALL-STAR BESTARI SCHOLARSHIP TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE EDUCATION

 

_{From left to right, Encik Mohamad Kamal Nawawi (Chief Executive Officer of the Axiata Foundation), Dr Norisah Binti Suhaili (Deputy Director General of Education Malaysia (Operation Sector Malaysia)), Datin Dr Norrizan Razali (Member of the Board of Trustees), and Encik Noor Azizan Bin Abd. Hadi (Deputy Director of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh).}

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Bernama) -- Axiata Foundation (“the Foundation”), the philanthropic arm of Axiata Group Berhad (“Axiata”), has launched two programmes under its Axiata Equity-In-Education Fund (“AEiEF”) earlier today. In line with its mission to provide education support and financial assistance to top-performing students from low-income backgrounds, Axiata Foundation’s Back To School (“BTS”) 2023 Programme was unveiled in partnership with Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) as a means of widening the programme’s reach nationwide. In addition, Axiata Foundation announced the launch of its All-Star Bestari Scholarship Programme (“ASBS”) for high-potential students from underprivileged families (“B40”) who wish to pursue their pre-university and undergraduate studies in local public institutions.

AXIATA FOUNDATION’S BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAMME

Axiata Foundation debuted its Back To School Programme in 2022, consisting of two phases. In phase one, Axiata Foundation spent RM250,000 to provide school supplies and cash assistance to 700 top- performing students from low-income families across 48 Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) schools nationwide. In phase two, Axiata Foundation invited these select students to join its School Leadership Development Programme, valued at RM160,000, in an effort to create greater value and longer-lasting impact for them.
 

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