My best friend is in France studying engineering and her bond is 5 years and the course duration is 7 years.

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Added on April 18, 2008, 11:40 pmOK, managed to chat with her... She told me her bond is 6 years not 5 years as I mentioned earlier.
But she said the contract changes every year, so it means JPA can do the amendment every year.

She is in the 5th batch to France and this year will be 9th batch if she's not mistaken and the course will be shortened to 6 years instead of 7 years, she is still with the old system, 7 years.

This post has been edited by fruitie: Apr 18 2008, 11:41 PM

that actually doesnt sound too bad..

can get experience than find better job, higher employability i think cause already got job experience...

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Added on April 19, 2008, 11:03 amsoooooooooo,

anybody received their hardcopy of the offer letter yet ?

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Added on April 19, 2008, 2:21 pmhighly doubt it since when you applied, you only applied for one course and even when they interview you, they ask you why you chose that one specific course.

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Added on April 23, 2008, 7:41 pm

putting this for those enquiring about the regristration date

c u there

This post has been edited by shinseijiro90: Apr 23 2008, 07:41 PM

who oredi lapor diri?

by online lapor or go directly to JPA putra jaya?


who received offer letter oredi?

well, i've already lapor diri last monday(5/5/08)..

i had 3 days orientation nad up to now, 2 classes(leaarning basic japanese)

online, you just tick the box of accepting or rejecting the given offer.
no need go putrajaya

then you sign up at the place you'll be prepping on the given date lah.

i don't know about other courses but for my course JPA gave me the offer letter on the day i arrived at UTM to sign up.

any1 knows how long bond for pharmacy and medicine?

May I add that the Japan program is purely for bumiputera's only.

Facts of life......

I don't think JPA will bond you unless it is specify in your agreement.

JPA will sent you 3 copies of the Agreement between you and JPA via pos if you have been offered a scholarship by them. A very important document. For US bound students, you are bonded for 6 years. Extending your course duration by half a year results in your bond increasing to 7 years. For any cases outside what is mentioned in the agreement, you have to negotiate with JPA yourself and you bond period may change subsequently.

i wan to ask

is there any student sponsor by JPA to study in local U?

kena bond mah after grad?

bcoz i heard normally kerajaan will bond those overseas student only

bcoz much much higher mah study fee

hahahaha

For students who are under JPA scholarship in IPTS in Malaysia will be tied with bond too.

It really depends on your agreement and type of scholarship.

i din even get my JPA scholarship.. all bumiputera's onli.. haihz.. waste my time going for my interview.. tat time was still in ns in sarawak summore..

shirley, this year JPA have opened the biggest number of scholarships for non-bumi, up to 45%. how can u say it's bumi only?

why u all wan apply JPA go overseas study?

balek nanti sure kena bond

work wif gov very low salary la

ofcourse, if u only look at salary, it's nothing to brag about.

but then there's the family allowances, house allowances, not to mention extremely low car and house interest rates, free medical for the entire family, bonus every year and so on. so people usually dont mind being bonded for the first 5-6 years of their working life bcoz they can use the low interest rates to establish themselves and settle down. there's also free training programme for government staffs which u can take while u're there. this will increase ur credibility and resume. even if u do masters in IPTA, u will take cuti belajar, and the year u spent will still be counted in the bond.

for example, i'm bonded for 5 years for my masters that starts the day i graduated (2004). a year after that i started my PhD. so now i'm in the third year. after i finish hopefully next year, i'll be bonded for 7 years for PhD, but at the same time i've already finished my masters contract.

u work as wat??????????

wat couse u studied?

me?

lecturer of architecture. studied architecture, obviously.

WRONG!

i think the bumiputera only 1 is the one at UM for the course that's straight to degree.

my course is for a diploma then a degree.

i'm currently prepping at UTM, jalan semarak.

in my batch this year, i think like half of the students are chinese.

there are also indian students and even iban here!

ps/ don't go spouting nonsense with 'facts' that have yet to be backed up.

im the 9th batch haha.. yeah, our course is shortened a bit bcoz our pre-u will be 1year instead of 2years.. and im going to fly tomorow haha.
what a shock

WTF? I'm soooo envious!!!

Do Malaysia proud okay!!!

All the best!!!

This post has been edited by shinseijiro90: May 31 2008, 07:19 PM