National Education Savings Scheme's 2020 dividend to be at 4pc
Published on: Wednesday, February 24, 2021
By: Bernama
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PUTRAJAYA: The National Education Savings Scheme (SSPN) account holders will receive an annual dividend of four per cent for 2020.In a statement Tuesday, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad said the total dividend payout is estimated to amount to RM201.3 million, benefiting 4.82 million SSPN depositors.
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The latest payout would bring the total amount of dividend paid to RM856.6 million since the scheme was introduced in 2004, she said.
“This distribution is made possible by the net return on investments made on deposits received by the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN),” she said.
Noraini said in 2020, SSPN earned an investment profit totalling RM237.42 million, an increase of RM32.14 million or 15.7 per cent higher from RM205.28 million in 2019.
“This achievement is the result of PTPTN’s efficiency in implementing short and long-term shariah-compliant investment methods in the local money market which protects the principal while providing high and positive returns or profits,” she said.
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