Yayasan Angkasawan Negara targets producing 300 doctors in five years

Yayasan Angkasawan Negara (Yan) aims to produce about 300 doctors from students in the B40 and destitute groups through the One Family One Professional programme over the next five years.

The programme is an initiative between Yan and Kolej Universiti Manipal Malaysia (MUCM) through an association with Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara), said Yan deputy president Datuk Shahrul Nizam Yunos.

“Under the One Family One Professional programme, students who are eligible will receive convertible loans to facilitate their education in the field of medicine or dentistry at MUCM as well as receive a monthly allowance to ease their burden.

“The programme will focus on Malay and Bumiputera students from poor families who want to pursue their education in the medical or dental fields,” said Shahrul Nizam after attending the One Family One Professional programme here yesterday.

In the programme, 17 medical and dentistry students at MUCM received approval letters for their tertiary education sponsorship programme, which was also attended by MUCM vice chancellor Prof Dr Patrick Kee Peng Kong.

Shahrul Nizam said medical and dental students who received the study loans but succeeded in their respective fields over the next five years would not have to repay the loan.

Yan was also working with the Department of Orang Asli Development (Jakoa) and orphanages throughout the country to obtain data or statistics on students who excelled in their studies and wished to become doctors, he added.

Shahrul Nizam added that the One Family One Professional programme would also be expanded to other professions to produce more professionals in the country. — Bernama