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UMT distributes business start-up funds to student entrepreneurs

UMT distributes business start-up funds to student entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 21/03/2023

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Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) has introduced a business financial aid scheme for its students.

The initiative called the UMT Student Business Start-up Fund Aid Programme is an extension of the Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship course, which is one of the core courses UMT students are required to take.  

UMT Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International) Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd Zamri Ibrahim said the university’s management has decided to offer the scheme to support the students’ interest and university’s aspiration.

“We received feedback from students that they are interested in starting a business but lack capital,” he said.

“So as an extension of the Fundamentals of entrepreneurship course, we have set aside some allocation and this is to be used as business capital and given to students who already have a business strategy or a potential product, and these students will be mentored by coaches who are entrepreneurship lecturers.

“The programme completes the UMT entrepreneurship ecosystem, where the students are not only exposed to the entrepreneurship theories but also given the opportunity to turn ideas into businesses and use e-commerce platforms to help them sell their products, in line with the current advancement of the IR4.0 technology.”

He added the initiative is considered the best approach for changing students’ perspectives, to motivate them to become job creators, in line with the MOHE Entrepreneurship Action Plan (2021-2025).

Meanwhile, one of the recipients of the business start-up fund, Siti Anis Sabrina Sukri, was excited to have been selected for the programme.

“I started to be involved in business a few years ago, selling various products,” she said. “Now I sell clothes such as baju kurung, kurta, blouses, suits, head scarves and other accessories.

“God willing, I will try to double my returns and expand my business with this fund.

“This aid means so much to students such as myself who wish to run a business to support our study, and it should be continued as an incentive for other students to venture into business and entrepreneurship.”

The second-year student from the Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources) with Honours programme was among the 13 selected recipients of the business start-up fund totalling RM13,000.

 

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