MAYBANK extends the accessibility of online learning to underprivileged students, particularly those within B40 families, by donating laptops worth RM6.5 mil, complete with a 12-month data plan subscription.
Through its partnership with a corporate responsibility initiative that was introduced in Budget 2021 to provide laptops and data connectivity to students of lower-income groups, Maybank successfully helped over 3,200 students in more than 30 schools nationwide.
“Besides impacting economic and social activities, schools have also been closed due to the movement control order (MCO), suspending formal classroom learning for 4.9 million schoolchildren nationwide,” said Maybank chairman Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa.
“While we applaud the gallant effort by teachers and students to quickly switch to a virtual learning setting, there were still those in B40 families that do not have the proper devices and online access including data plans, resulting in many of them being unable to participate in online classes organised by their teachers,” he explained.
With this initiative, Zamzamzairani believes that it can benefit deserving students in both rural and urban areas.
“With new devices supported by data connectivity, they too can be part of this transformative initiative which is very much in line with our mission to Humanise Financial Services,” he concluded.
Recipients under this programme were identified and validated by the Ministry of Education Malaysia. – Aug 7, 2021
