RM35 million in Penjana aid for childcare centres


Applications for the aid must be submitted by operators via the Welfare Department. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 1, 2020.

THE Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has set aside RM35 million for nearly 4,000 operators of childcare centres under the Penjana economic recovery plan.

Its deputy minister, Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff, said the allocation is aimed at reducing the financial burden of operators following the temporary closure of childcare centres under the movement control order (MCO) enforced on March 18 to curb the spread of Covid-19.


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