NEWS: Smiles of success

A TOTAL of 39 students were recently awarded scholarships worth RM1mil via the 8TV Scholarship Fund set up by 8TV, together with SEG International Bhd (SEGi).

The fund is an effort to nurture deserving young scholars in Malaysia.

The scholarships covered the students’ tuition fees for degree, diploma and foundation level courses in various disciplines.

The 8TV Scholarship Fund, started in 2006 with a total of RM300,000, helped nine deserving students pursue diploma or degree programmes that year.

This year's scholarship recipients posing for the camera after the awards presentation ceremony.

It was increased to RM800,000 in 2007, and benefitted 21 students.

“We are proud to be able to provide financial aid to help these deserving students,” said 8TV chief executive officer, Ahmad Izham Omar.

“I hope that the scholarships will encourage the students and motivate them to study hard so that they may excel and succeed further in their studies.”

“The SEGi Group of Colleges is pleased to work with 8TV to award these scholarships to deserving students,” said SEGi senior vice-president (Academics) Dr Tan Beng Cheok.

“What better way is there to help the younger generation than by investing in their education?” he asked.

The 8TV Scholarship Fund covers tuition fees for programmes such as finance and accounting, business and commerce, law, science and engineering and human resources.

The scholarship recipients were selected from more than 1,000 applications received from all over the country.

Among this year’s recipients is business administration student, Nur Shahila Amir Amzah, who was one of the two finalists in the recent hit singing talent reality show, One in a Million.

Nur Shahila is pursuing a diploma in business administration.