TANGKAK: Nearly RM100mil will be dispersed in educational aid to more than 643,000 students in 1,127 schools in Johor this year.
Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the fund was RM19mil more than the allocation last year.
He said this showed the Government, through the Education Ministry, was serious in its aim to help every Malaysian student enjoy free primary education.
The aid included cash, free textbooks, school fees, scholarships, free tuition and additional food for students from needy families.
“Although the cost of things have gone up, the Government gave priority towards lessening the burden of ordinary folks,” he said after presenting educational aid to pupils in Serom recently.
Abdul Ghani, the Serom assemblyman, said the recent move by the Government to waive school fees and provide free text books to all students helped parents with several school-going children.
He said that more than 24,900 students in the Ledang parliamentary constituency received aid totalling RM5.9mil.
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