News & Reviews:   PerantiSiswa tablet

Recently, news reports surfaced about students selling the PerantiSiswa tablets they got for free. With that said, the Minister of Communications and Multimedia Tan Sri Annuar Musa informed that the tablets have a tracking system installed and will enable the government to find out who sold them.

Caretaker Minister of Communication and Multimedia Tan Sri Annuar Musa has lauded the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia programme and revealed that students that received tablets under the initiative are happy with its quality. He added that the programme has received a very good response from students, with most of them grateful for the “latest higher-capacity model”.

Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa has announced a delay to the rollout of free tablets to B40 students under the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia programme. Initially set to be distributed in mid-June, the timeline is shifted to mid-July instead after the tender for the initial supplier of the devices was cancelled by the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) said that the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia device assistance may be expanded to B40 students outside of institution under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). For now, the programme is only open to students studying under MOHE, namely public and private institutions of higher learning.

The Minister of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM), Tan Sri Annuar Musa has reiterated that the tablets under the PerantiSiswa programme will be of high quality. Furthermore, Annuar also stressed that the manufacturer of the devices is a well-known and trusted brand in the market.

The Communications and Multimedia Ministry (K-KOMM) has announced that applications for the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia initiative for B40 students will open this 15 April. Its minister, Tan Sri Annuar Musa revealed more details of the programme today, though he didn’t quite reveal the manufacturer of the PerantiSiswa tablet.

Speaking of which, Annuar said that the tablets come with warranty and are made by an ‘established brand’ in the market. Furthermore, the tablets will be given based on the concept of free use, whereby students must return the devices to their respective institutions of higher learning once they finished their studies.

Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) minister, Tan Sri Annuar Musa today took to Twitter to tease the upcoming tablets that will be distributed to eligible students under the the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia programme. Furthermore, Annuar also said that the application for the programme is expected to open this 15 April.

We have previously reported regarding the PerantiSiswa programme, which is an initiative specifically crafted for tertiary-level education students from the B40 group. It offers free mobile devices and internet access for their studies.