Despite resistance and competing priorities, National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) chairperson Wan Saiful Wan Jan believes that a national consensus will be reached on a proposal to reform the debt-ridden fund.

“I know it isn’t easy to fulfil everyone’s requests, as people want different things.

“But, God willing, we will try and build a national consensus (on PTPTN),” he said in his speech during a buka puasa (breaking of fast) dinner with orphans from Rumah Amal Asnaf Al-Barakh and the media in Kuala Lumpur tonight.

Met later, Wan Saiful elaborated that this consensus could be realised by first listening to all stakeholders and their “competing priorities”.

For example, he said, some loan borrowers did not want to be burdened by their loans, while other stakeholder groups wanted the loans be repaid to ensure the sustainability of the fund.