PTPTN burden affects marriage chances for women too, says PSM’s Jeyakumar

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Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj says it takes a long time for young graduates to repay loans ranging from RM60,000 to RM150,000.PETALING JAYA: The huge National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans may have inadvertently affected the chances of women getting married, according to Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) chief Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj.He said that besides the borrowers having to endure an unusually long repayment period because of the middle-income trap they are in, they enter society after graduating with huge loans on their head with jobs hard to come by.Jeyakumar, the former Sungai Siput MP, said this was common among the paramedical graduates like nurses, physiotherapists and radiographers, which is seeing a glut because of over supply over the last decade caused by poor manpower planning and “corporate influence”.“Our male-dominated society apparently fin…