My nephew just got his SPM result, he wants to go for Interior Design in one of the college in KL but the college told him that he needs to pay his 1st year fees first, ptptn will only give him the loan after 1 year, if ptptn approve his loan. Is this true?

just get confirmation the college is TAR college. If this is how ptptn works, then all the poor children (children who has been abandon by parents, raised by grandparents) no need to go pursue higher education?