Bernama:
An additional quota of 100 places have been made available in each public institutions of higher learning (IPTA) and polytechniques in the country for poor students who qualified but were left out due to socio-economic factors.[...]These (total) 5,200 varcity places are definitely good news to students from humble backgrounds.
He said most of them comprised those from poor families, minority ethnics, Orang Asli and children of disabled parents.