GOOD DEAL: Wong (third left) and Tiong (third right) displaying a sample voucher from Regal Group. Also seen are Regal Group marketing manager Georg Liang (left), Regal Group project director Frederick Eng (second left), NITT College head of IT Faculty Dr Prabha Ramakrishnan (second right) and Voon (right).
KUCHING: NIIT (Institut Teknologi Maklumat Nusantara) College is offering full scholarship to five straight A’s SPM students who planned to enrol in their diploma programmes.
Those who did not score straight A’s can apply for partial scholarship.
The scholarships are sponsored by property developer Regal Group to support students who need financial backing.
In collaboration with NIIT College, Regal Group will also be giving out study vouchers worth RM10,000 to anyone who purchase a house or property with them during their promotional period.
Regal Group business development director Nicholas Wong said the vouchers were transferable and valid for one year.
“This is a win-win situation for working adults who need a house and may want to study, or for parents who want to move to a new house and put a child through college at the same time.”
Regal Group is responsible for developments such as The Tropics condominiums, The Orchard Residences, Unijaya, Ashraf Avenue and Taman Cahaya Indah.
Meanwhile, NIIT Kuching chief executive/principal Prof Dr Andrew Tiong said the college might be small but it gave them the advantage of being able to provide comprehensive facilities and services to every student.
“It’s not the size of the building. It’s the quality of what we can provide,” he told reporters in a press conference at their Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce campus yesterday.
The academic board is made up of elite academicians qualified at postgraduate level with extensive experience in their field of study. The lecturers are all fully qualified and approved by the Ministry of Higher Education.
Apart from being recognised by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), NIIT also provide accommodations for their new intake, as well as access to the recreational facilities at the Youth and Sports Complex nearby.
NIIT College chief executive officer Anderson Voon said the college helped their students get industrial training placement at corporate firms such as Regal Group, SAINS, Sarawak Energy, and a selection of audit and legal firms.
“In the current market, students have to look for industrial training opportunities themselves, which can be an obstacle to someone with no experience.”
While NIIT Kuching is able to give them a head start in this area, it was still up to the student to perform.
“If they are good, they can be accepted as a full time staff by the employers they trained under,” said Voon.
With a current roll call of 100 students, the college is looking forward to boosting their student population with many more courses to be introduced this year. The college also has plans to move to a new campus in Kota Samarahan in two years.
NIIT College was founded in 1999 and offers more than 50 courses ranging from certificate to degree programmes that are fully accredited by MQA and recognised by public and private sectors. All diploma and degree courses are supported by PTPTN loan.
The college offers diploma programmes in Information Technology, Accountancy, Business Management and Secretarialship.
Degrees programmes using NIIT as learning centres are BA (Hons) Accountancy, University of Bolton UK (4+0); BA (Hons) Business Management, University of Bolton (4+0); and BSC (Hons) Computing, University of Wolverhampton UK (4+0).
For more information, visit NIIT College (Booth No: B55) at The Borneo Post International Education Fair (BPIEF) 2013 at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) this weekend.
Those interested can also drop by their campus at Lot 2765 Block 10, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, 93150 Kuching (same row as Tarot Cafe) or contact them at 082-242411, 1-800-88-448 (toll free) or at [email protected].