KUALA LUMPUR: Free tablets will be given to 430,000 teachers under a RM340 million allocation under the 2017 Budget, to assist teaching, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
To support parents with their children’s schooling expenses, the government will continue to implement the following programmes:
1) Schooling Assistance Programme of RM100 each to students from families earning up to RM3,000. The Programme will benefit 3.5 million students.
2) RM1.1 billion for the Hostel Meal Assistance Programme for 365,000 students.
3) RM300 million for the 1Malaysia Supplementary Food Programme for primary school students.
4) RM1.1 billion to include Additional Assistance Payment for School Fees; Textbook Assistance and Per capita Grant Assistance.
5) Matching grants of up to RM50 for accumulated savings in SSPN-i for Year 1 students in fully-assisted government schools.
6) Special Needs Student Allowance of RM150 monthly for 67,000 students and replace the buses for 21 special education schools.
7) RM600 million for the Special Fund for Improvement and Maintenance of Schools, of which RM250 million is for national schools; RM50 million for national-type Chinese schools; RM50 million for national-type Tamil schools; RM50 million for religious schools; RM50 million for fully residential schools; RM50 million for government-aided religious schools; RM50 million for registered 'sekolah pondok'; and RM50 million for Mara Junior Science Colleges.