PUTRAJAYA: Civil servants will be subjected to a mandatory deduction from their salary to settle their National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) loans starting September.
Public Service Department (PSD) director-general Tan Sri Mohamad Zabidi Zainal said the initiative will start with 480 PSD officers and staffs whom have already been notified through official letter from the department.
"We have identified 480 borrowers and have arranged PTPTN officers to sort out their payment according to their affordability," he said earlier, adding that PTPTN will also consider their financial commitments and burdens.
He added that all PTPTN borrowers under the civil service have also been identified and their names will be submitted officially to ministries' secretary-general come Friday.
"Upon handing over the names, each ministry will conduct a counselling session for borrowers under their ministry with PTPTN to discuss on the deduction, "he added.