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TNB believes that education can turn dreams into realities. TNB has a very strong tradition in producing world-class scholars and researchers through its education and scholarship programmes. Many of the current business leaders in the country are TNB scholars and have enjoyed the education provided by the Company under its scholarship programmes.

Over the years, TNB has strengthened this role and is now actively involved in not only providing scholarships, but also in providing education through Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and Institut Latihan Sultan Ahmad Shah (ILSAS).

As an institute of higher learning, UNITEN has an immense and important responsibility in helping the Government produce well rounded individuals. The University also gives primary focus on research and development activities which encourage and develop the culture of innovation and competition among the academic staff as well as its students. Strategic cooperation between UNITEN and the industrial sector provides access and opportunities for students and academic staff to master knowledge as well as scientific and technical expertise that are relevant with industrial and market place needs.

Yayasan Tenaga Nasional (YTN) as a trust body for TNB, provides sponsorships through scholarships and study loans to deserving students. For FY2007, YTN provided loans amounting to RM47 million for top students to pursue their tertiary education at local and world-renowned universities overseas as an effort to build a pool of good scholars for TNB and the country.

YTN was also involved in community welfare development projects, such as the Track to Excellence Programme (Program Jejak Kegemilangan) and the Smart Youth Camps Programme (Program Kem Remaja Bistari). In the Track to Excellence Programme, 140 good students from rural areas and underprivileged families from across Malaysia got an unprecedented chance to visit UNITEN, exposing them to campus life and inspiring them to seek great achievements. The Smart Youth Camps are essentially education camps for the children of TNB employees as well as orphans.

TNB also embarked on various initiatives to improve language proficiency among the students in rural areas throughout the country by supplying, for example, mainstream newspapers to the schools. All these activities were undertaken to increase the performance of students in an effort towards making Malaysia a Knowledge Nation.