Bea Scoring System: Selecting the Right Person for Scholarship

Year 2015, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 242 - 246, 01.03.2015

Shamshuritawati Sharif Suzilah Ismail Yuhaniz Ahmad Ruzelan Khalid Mohd. Faizal Omar Zakiyah Zain

https://izlik.org/JA27NP68ZG

Abstract

Disability may involve visual disability, physical disability, learning disorder, speech disorder, mental disorder and others various disabilities. This
situation can reduce the quality of life, and causes clear drawback to that person. Due to this, in many countries, there are scholarships for students with
disability, and students with disability parents. Universiti Utara Malaysia also provides a scholarship known as Bestari Education Award (BEA) scheme
to assist poor students with disability. The process of selecting the right student for the scholarship is through a manual approach by analyzing the
individual application forms and usually very time consuming. In this study, a scoring system is developed to simplify the selection process. The score is
based on monthly household income, number of dependents and taking into consideration any disabilities, critical illnesses, orang asli and orphan. This
scoring system can replace the long manual process of analyzing the forms and assist administrative to strategize the management of this special scheme.

Keywords

Financial Assistance , Manual Selection , Scoring System