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question was asked to test whether the respondent lived in a rented
house/apartment/room. Compared to the previous questions on food
and health dimensions, 66.7% of the respondents strongly agreed
and agreed, while 15.3% of the respondents strongly disagreed and
disagreed. 18.0% of the respondents gave a neutral answer to this
question.

Effectiveness of The Khaira Siswa (MKS) Aid
In measuring the MKS aid distributed’s effectiveness, the survey
questions were designed to measure and identify the aid’s
effectiveness in terms of their financial impact on the student’s
livelihood. The implementation of this research was based on
primary data collected through survey questionnaires of 445
successful respondents. The data collection process was conducted
on the 19th of October 2020.

Table 4: Effectiveness of MKS Aid on Student’s Livelihood
Indicator
No. Question
It Helps Does not Help
Help on student’s
1 livelihood 98.4% 1.6%

In this section, a simple question has been asked to indicate if
the MKS aid helped the students ease the burden during MCO,
especially in October 2020. Surprisingly, 98.4% of the sample
population indicated that the MKS helped them to reduce their
burden during MCO, while only 1.6% of the sample population
indicated that the aid had not reduced their burden.

Overall Effectiveness of Both Aid
The project’s main objective is to provide assistance to the low-
income group of people and students adversely affected by the loss
of their livelihood. Consequently, both of the projects that were
initiated to give additional aid to assist affected individuals,
families, and IPT students has immensely contributed to the lives of
beneficiaries of the projects during the MCO because it enabled

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