A total of 208 SIDMA College Sabah students and another 133 students from UNITAR Sabah received their one-off special financial assistance of RM950.00 per student from the Sabah State Government. The special grant has been banked into the recipient’s personal bank account, and students will be able to withdraw the money from their bank account beginning this Thursday, 26 April 2018.
During the “Majlis Penyerahan Bantuan Khas Kewangan Pelajar IPT Anak-anak Sabah” held at Universiti Malaysia Sabah on 25 April 2018, the Hon. Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun (Sabah Tourism, Cultural, and Environment Minister) who is also the minister in charge of Education in Sabah; on behalf of Chief Minister, Tan Sri Musa bin Hj Aman; said the Sabah Government allocated RM 5 million for this purpose, with the main focus to reduce the burden of lower income families in Sabah, particularly those who have children studying in institutions of higher learning. A total of 4,184 students from 18 Institutions of higher learning in Sabah were allocated RM3, 974,800; whereas another RM 1,025,200 was distributed to another 1,079 Sabah students pursuing their tertiary education in 90 other institutions of higher learning in Sarawak and peninsular Malaysia.
In line with the Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) 2013-2025 to produce young Malaysian graduates who are equipped to work in a globalised economy where English language is the international language of communication, but still preserve the proficiency in the use of a common national language (Bahasa Malaysia) in addition to the international language of communication, SIDMA College continues its effort to improve the English proficiency among its students.