{"id":1416,"date":"2022-04-14T09:45:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T01:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T03:07:02","slug":"bitsmedia-supports-tertiary-stem-students-in-singapore-with-a-50000-scholarship-agreement-with-mendaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/bitsmedia-supports-tertiary-stem-students-in-singapore-with-a-50000-scholarship-agreement-with-mendaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitsmedia provides STEM scholarships to tertiary students in Singapore with Yayasan MENDAKI\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;20px|||-270px|false|false&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-34px|auto||auto||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The agreement was signed at a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ceremony with local self-help group MENDAKI on 14 April 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scholarship will support <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 Malay\/Muslim students from local universities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in STEM<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Bitsmedia\u2019s first scholarship funding since its inception in 2009<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitsmedia forms a 5-year agreement with local self-help group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mendaki.org.sg\/\">Yayasan MENDAKI<\/a> to fund scholarships for students in local universities, with priority given to those in the STEM field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total of 10 Malay\/Muslim students would benefit from this scholarship twice a year, from 2022 to 2026. Each scholarship is valued at SGD $5,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;At the core of the Muslim Pro brand is our commitment to empowering Muslims through technology,&#8221; says Fara Abdullah, Co-CEO of Bitsmedia and Muslim Pro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fara also added, &#8220;We want to encourage youths to explore a sector that is constantly thriving with innovations and limitless possibilities. It all begins with education and that a person\u2019s financial limitations should not be a roadblock to achieving one\u2019s ambitions and aspirations. I hope this would inspire many more students to achieve greater heights in the areas of STEM.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mdm Zuraidah Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer of MENDAKI says, \u201cMENDAKI is delighted to partner Bitsmedia and establish a new scholarship to support Malay\/Muslim students who are studying in STEM fields. We hope more like-minded corporate partners in emerging and growth sectors will continue to work with MENDAKI to help our students to pursue their studies and achieve their dream\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This scholarship is Bitsmedia\u2019s first to fund since its inception in 2009. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitsmedia, a Singapore-based tech company behind the Muslim Pro app, the most popular Muslim lifestyle brand in the world, forms a 5-year agreement with local self-help group MENDAKI to fund a scholarship for students in local universities, with priority given to those in the STEM field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[42,43,30,44],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1561,"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions\/1561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}