PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today announced an additional RM20 million allocation for Chinese national-type secondary schools (SMJKCs) nationwide to improve facilities and basic amenities.
Anwar, who is also the finance minister, said the allocation was given as part of the government’s efforts to strengthen the education sector and ensure school facilities continued to be enhanced, Bernama reported.
On Jan 5, while delivering his New Year message at the Prime Minister Department’s monthly assembly, Anwar had announced that the government had agreed to increase the allocation for SJKCs to RM80 million (up from the RM50 million last year) and also allocated RM50 million for Tamil schools.