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Sarawak approves RM2.5 million for child care fee subsidy

By Goh Pei Pei & Margaret Ringgit MIRI: The Sarawak Government has approved RM2.5 million for child care fee subsidy to ensure the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups are able to attend preschools as well. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the allocation could help families who were unable to send their […]

Parents must also comply with SOPs

KUCHING: The responsibility of safeguarding children’s health and safety does not lie with the taska (childcare centres) and tadika (kindergartens) operators alone but with the parents as well. This was pointed out by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said while childcare facilities and early childhood education […]

Use MySejahtera app

KUCHING: Those who are sending children to taska (childcare centres) or early childhood education institutions are reminded to use the MySejahtera app’s check-in feature at the premises as required under the enhanced conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said […]

11 preschools receive temperature scanners

BINTULU: Eleven nurseries (Taska) and kindergartens (Tadika) here received donations of temperature scanners from the Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Integrity and Ombudsman) cum Jepak assemblyman Datuk Talib Zulpilip. The items were given to Permata Kasih Taman Li-Hua, Taska Penyayang Mama at Taman Bukit Orang, Tadika Bestari Kampung Baru, Teacher Zu’s Place, Taska Cahaya […]

Nurseries, kindies are essential services

KUCHING: Nurseris (taska) and kindergartens (tadika) are essential services particularly for working parents, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said some had questioned why taska and tadika were operating even in Covid-19 red zones. “There are children whose parents are both working or frontliners, so there […]

Taska, tadika will also close

KUCHING: All taska (nurseries) and tadika (kindergartens) in Kuching District will also be closed from tomorrow until Nov 13, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. This was because of the rising number of Covid-19 cases and the declaration of Kuching Disttrict as declared a Covid-19 red zone recently. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood […]

Ensuring child centres’ safety

KUCHING: To ensure the safety of the children, childcare centres (Taska) and kindergartens (Tadika) are required to comply with the new standard operating procedure (SOP) guidelines and must fill in the Consolidate Form to ease the process of registration in setting up these institutions. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk […]

Over RM14m disbursed to preschools

KUCHING: The state’s Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry have disbursed a total of RM14.05 million to 2,932 registered tadika operators in Sarawak. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the special annual grant was to subsidise the tadika operator’s operation cost and purchase of hygiene equipment for their premises in compliance […]

Why applications to operate taska, tadika rejected

KUCHING: From January 2019 to May 31 this year, nine applications for licences to operate taska (childcare centres) were rejected by the Land and Survey Department, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The applications were rejected because of the neighbours’ objection. “Six applications for taska were also […]