Kota Kinabalu: Students and schools in the Kadamaian constituency are not left behind in benefiting from the State Government’s education assistance programmes.Special Tasks and Coordination Minister Datuk Arifin Mohd Arif said a total of 82 students and 52 schools in Kadamaian have received education assistance from the Government.
He said this during question-and-answer session at the State Legislative Assembly sitting, Monday, in response to Kadamaian Assemblyman Datuk Ewon Benedick who asked for the number of schools and students that have benefited from such aid.
These include the IPT Registration Fund (Budi), Ihsan Computer Assistance (Baik), Sabah Parent Teacher Association Activity Assistance (Bagus), Bantuan Ihsan for Sabah Schools (Bisbah) and State Government scholarships.
“Fifteen students received the ‘Budi’ aid, 21 received ‘Baik’ assistance and 46 students received State Government scholarships, while 25 schools received the ‘Bagus’ assistance and 27 schools received the ‘Bisbah’ aid,” said Arifin.
He said for the RM200 Special Examination Cash Assistance (Bakti) for students who will sit for SPM, STPM and Stam, the Ministry is still in the process of finalising the list of eligible students in Kadamaian.
The State Government in January this year allocated RM35 million to implement education programmes as well as other initiatives and aids to uplift Sabah’s education standard.
RM3 million was set aside for the Bagus aid where PTAs in 1,500 schools would receive RM2,000 to carry out their activities, while RM12 million was allocated for the Bisbah initiative to assist 1,500 schools in acquiring computers, teaching aid equipment, printers, desks and chairs.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor said this was in line with the second thrust of the Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya development plan which aims to empower Sabah’s human capital.
