Now that’s one long title. So, I’m sure you’ll forgive me if I refer to it using its acronym (MUPSA EEP) instead (still pretty long, isn’t it?). Anyway, Microsoft Malaysia - the Malaysian subsidiary of the World No. 1 OS vendor - gave out 292 scholarships under the MUPSA EEP to students under the Lions Club of CyberCare eCommunity programme last year.

These scholarships were based on academic merit, and were given out to students from 90 homes under the Lions Cubercare network. Each award consisted of both cash and cheque awards from Microsoft - all of which scaled according to the number of distinctions the student obtains.

Besides general awards to high achieving students, there is also a provision for the very best students in each category of Malaysian government exams. For example, there are Best Student awards for UPSR, PMR, SPM and STPM examinations. There is also an award for the Best Home, based on the number of award recepients it has each year.

[News via Star Online]