KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: The MIC wants scholarships to be offered to all students with 9As or more.

In last year's Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination, 6,277 students scored straight As in all subjects.

MIC treasurer-general Datuk S.K. Devamany said the government should announce a third stimulus package to allow more students to receive Public Service Department scholarships.

"As we know, many excellent students are heartbroken to find out that their applications for a PSD scholarship were rejected," he said.

Devamany supported the government's move to review the criteria to end the problem faced by many students.
"The selection criteria should be reviewed to end complaints about injustices of the awards so that it is in line with the 1Malaysia concept," Devamany said.

Recently, hundreds of students knocked at his office door appealing for scholarships to further their tertiary studies.

Devamany, who is a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said some of the students, including those from poor families, had failed to get scholarships despite scoring more than 9 1As.