ERM,If me,i sure will accept la,although will diikat,but not a bad thing to serve my country...

BTW,i confuse about 1 thing,if i finish study medical n come back work for G,can i still persuing my PhD while working??

then u have to check the terms and conditions with JPA department.....

and if u dun feel like serving the bond for jpa, just pay back!...personal choice actually...

I'm not a JPA scholar for undergraduate studies, but because i did dentistry, we had to serve 3 years compulsory service in the govt.
While i was in service I applied for Latihan Dalam Perkhidmatan to do my Masters in Oral Surgery. When I go back, I'm bonded 7 years, which is pretty reasonable as the cost for my studies here will come up to a cool RM1million. How to payback??!?!?

So yes, there are still opportunities for postgraduate studies while in govt service. It's not as bad as people make it out to be.

Good luck with your choices.

u don have a single choice if u are facing financial problems... when u get de scholarship is just like u get some water in desert... p/s JPA scholarship is hard to get.. note it dude..

I thought they won't force you to work with them! I got many friends that work in private sector after graduation. No problem at all

It is said that JPA will only take back 30% of their scholars to serve the government upon graduation. And most of the time this 30% consists of mainly bumiputras.

are u sure with 30%? for me...if work for govern also not a big deal....i juz cant accept why someone who got the scholar then rejected it in half way.....easy to get influence by frens.....

A lot non-bumi think that if they work for government, the pay are very low compare to private sector, besides that the chances to get promotion is low compare to bumi.

all my 5 friends taking JPA didnt get called bac

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This post has been edited by hercules899: Feb 7 2013, 04:52 PM

Does the JPA bond cover working for GLCs? From discussions about work with Petronas, I gather that it does.

Please enlighten. Thanks.

are they lucky or? btw, low salary and difficulty to promote to higher rank < thats the facts lor.....i was been told by my fren.....u bond 6 yrs = low salary.... u think its worth to take this scholarship? then i answered...wats the main issue come after u graduate? job or jobless.....higher chances for u to get a job if u take jpa scholar....from there u can gained the experience that every company need it.... fresh graduate usually they wont except becoz no experience lor....(agree?)

I would say "yes, you should take". I think you think too much, a lot of people think it'not worth it working with government. In my opinion, I think they think too much, because now or even in future , it's not easy to find a job outside. Since, the govenment will offer a job for you..and why not?
Also, you will finish your studies without financial problems.It's really great , you know. You are really lucky if compared to others.
Last time, I also think too much as you, so I didn't give it a try. that is I didn't apply. I feel regretted now. If i were you, I wouldn't let it happened again.
I am currently waiting for my STPM result, although there's no more JPA scolarship , I think I would try all other scolarship that offered to STPM students.

A LOT of my friends are JPA scholars. One advise: If you're very anti gov, don't go. Just like me but i did went for the JPA interview last year. The food there (UITM, UTM) sucks, u MUST wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants to school everyday. No jeans, no shorts. U cannot skip class at all. U will have to go for some brainwashing talks, telling u how grateful u should be and how great our gov is, asking u to stay loyal to msia gov forever.

since when do UTM JPA scholarship holders need to wear long sleeves? jangan bawak cerita karut laa. food sucks in UTM? u sure? coz we dont have canteen based food services, but we have contract vendors. if u dont like one stall, go to the next one.

people should start educating themselves between anti-government and anti-BN. those who end up in ISA are usually people who couldnt differentiate. since JPA is handing out money, TAKE it. they ask for u to be loyal to the government, not BN. means that if there were any change of gvment, u will still be loyal to malaysia and serve for the best of her. what's wrong with being patriotic?

Feynman,

What is the problem in your scenerio? In that case, a person would have earn enough money to pay off the JPA scholarship and they will not have to work for the government.

Dreamer

Loyalty is to the country not to the government.

huh?

if u wish to go for local uni...i think still have JPA scholarship.....try to get more infor from the site.....

I'm one of them Now working in private sector