Tunas Wawasan

Education is meant for all. Tunas Wawasan gives children from low income families a chance to excel in their studies.

Tunas Wawasan is a scholarship program launched in 1997 in collaboration with the Department of Education of the Federal Territory. Under the program, students from secondary schools in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur were selected to receive scholarships to cover their school uniforms, books, transportation and monthly pocket money. A total of 27 students were sponsored since 1997.

On April 27th 2001, RMCC expanded the program nationwide with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education. Under the expanded program, 2 students from each state are selected every year to receive the scholarships. The entry level is at Form I.

With the annual intake of 28 new students a year, it is envisaged that there will be 140 students on this program by the year 2005. In addition, the expanded program now enables students to be supported right up to tertiary level. In the signing ceremony with the Ministry of Education, RMCC President Puan Fadillah Yakin said that it is logical for RMCC to expand support to the children to the highest level of education as it is RMCC's objective to offer less fortunate children the opportunity to be leaders in the community and a good education is a basic prerequisite.

The project is expected to cost about RM800,000 by the tenth year of the program if all the scholarship holders get into institutions of higher learning.

RMCC HANDOVER RM 160 000 FOR RMCC’S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - TUNAS WAWASAN 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 JUNE 2003 – The Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities Fund of Malaysia or RMCC today presented a mock cheque amounting to RM 160 000 to the Ministry of Education for its scholarship program called, RMCC Tunas Wawasan in a dinner ceremony in conjunction with Tunas Wawasan Education Visit. The mock cheque was presented by RMCC’s President, Puan Fadillah Yakin to the Director of School’s Division, Ministry of Education, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Hj. Kusaini Hj. Hasbullah. RM 160 000 is the scholarship amount for the new intake students batch 2003 which is used for their education expenses whilst the five years in secondary school. In this program, RMCC gives scholarship to 28 poor students every year across the country.

The dinner was held on the final night of the Tunas Wawasan Education Trip that began on 2 to 5 June 2003. 28 scholars of Tunas Wawasan across the nation participated in this visit with the objectives to give them a chance to get to know each other better, gain knowledge and experience new things by visiting interesting places like Proton, Petrosains, TV3 and Sunway Lagoon.

In this event, President’s RMCC, Puan Fadillah Yakin said, “In line with the objective of RMCC, I am happy and glad that we are able to organize this Education Trip especially during school holidays like this. I hope that they will take this opportunity to develop a family bond among themselves and also to gain good experiences from this program.”

These students are selected according to some criteria which was set by both RMCC and the Ministry of Education which stresses on students with academic potential, active in co-curriculum and come from low income families.