Supporting Underserved Students In Higher Education

Ida Thien, Co-Founder, Closing The Gap | Professor Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi, Professor Of Architecture, UCSI | Syed Saddiq, President, MUDA

30-Mar-22 18:00

Supporting Underserved Students In Higher Education

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A student was recently berated by his lecturer in front of the whole class for not having a computer. We look into the support that a B40 student needs going into higher education. Next, we discuss the kind of training lecturers would need to avoid this from happening again. Lastly, we talk about the government's laptop initiative for B40 students that was under Budget 2021.

Image source: ellinnur bakarudin, Shutterstock

Produced by: Natasha Fusil, Alia Zefri, Jeremy Ng

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories: education, social issues

Tags: evening edition, inside story, uitm, lecturer, student, laptop, online classes, digital divide, b40 communities, social media,

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