THE Perodua-MOE Badminton Talent Development Programme (BTDP) ended its second edition with the emergence of 14 young national champions.
As a collaboration between the Education Ministry and Perodua, the national finals at the Arena Badminton Perak in Ipoh saw 224 finalists from all over the country in 11 categories competing over four days.“Launched in February 2018, the BTDP is a five-year human capital development programme that aims to find and cultivate future Malaysian badminton talent among primary schoolchildren, in the hope that they can play for our country one day, ” said Perodua president and chief executive officer Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad.