218 out of 338 dilapidated school reconstruction projects in Sabah completed    

KOTA KINABALU: A total of 218 out of 338 projects to reconstruct dilapidated schools in Sabah have been completed to date, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek. She said 60 projects were currently under construction and expected to be completed soon, while the remaining 60 projects were still in the planning stage. “All these improvement projects […]

160 SJK(C) receive federal aid; more to come

MIRI: A total of 160 out of 192 Chinese national-type primary schools in Sarawak have received financial aid from the federal government to repair school facilities this year. “The remaining schools that have submitted applications for financial assistance to undertake repairs will also receive similar aid as soon as possible,” said Deputy Education Malaysia Lim […]

Mission schools receive RM5.9 mln from Unifor

KUCHING: Forty-nine secondary and primary schools received funds totalling RM5.9 million from the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor). Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Roland Sagah said the funds will be used for school repairs and ICT equipment. “This is the second year that the Sarawak government is giving aid to the mission […]

DAP donates RM20k for school repair

KUCHING: Sarawak DAP chairman and Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen gave an allocation of RM20,000 to SK St Alban Sg Tapang for it to undergo repairs. A cheque for the amount was handed over to the school by his special assistant Michael Kong yesterday. Kong said that since MPs of Pakatan Harapan (PH) were granted […]

Schools upgrade progressing smoothly

MIRI: The repair and upgrading works on Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Sayed Othman here is expected to be completed by March next year. Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting said works on the project costing RM7.947 million began in September last year. “This is a hybrid project with a combination of Industrialised Building System (IBS) components and […]

587 schools not repaired yet

A total of 587 dilapidated schools in the state have yet to be repaired, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He noted that initially, there are 1,020 dilapidated schools throughout the state. “Since 2016, a total of 274 schools have been repaired and 159 schools in various stages of repair or upgrading, […]

433 dilapidated schools repaired so far

A total of 433 dilapidated schools in the state have been repaired to date. Dr Annuar Rapaee (PBB-Nangka) said 587 dilapidated schools remained to be repaired in the next two to three years out of 1,020 dilapidated schools identified in the state in 2017. “I believe with the good relationship between the state and federal […]

School repair allocation biggest in 3 years

SIBU: Education, Science and Technological Research Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee has lauded the allocation of RM725 million to upgrade 50 dilapidated schools in Sabah and Sarawak under Budget 2021. “I welcome the allocation of RM725 million under Budget 2021 by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) federal government to upgrade 50 dilapidated schools in Sabah and […]

RM3 bln needed for dilapidated schools

SIBU: Sarawak needs at least RM3.235 billion to repair its dilapidated schools, said Assistant Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee. He said from the 1,020 dilapidated schools in the state, only 373 had been repaired, leaving 647 yet to be repaired. “Initially, we had 1,020 dilapidated schools under various categories in Sarawak […]

School gets RM53k RTP fund

SARIKEI: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii always gives priority to development of education in his constituency. Huang is committed to helping all schools in the constituency to have the much-needed conducive teaching and learning environment. During his visit to SJKC Sing Ming here today (August 22), Huang allocated a total of RM53,000 under […]