394 schools being upgraded nationwide, says minister

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 29 Mar 2018 4:44PM · 4 Comments

Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid says 394 schools were selected for upgrading because they were 'inadequate, non-functioning, and unsafe'. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 29, 2018.

AS many as 394 projects are being carried out to upgrade dilapidated schools throughout the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid said 158 of these projects were in Peninsular Malaysia, 120 in Sabah, and 116 in Sarawak.

“These schools were selected for upgrading because of they were inadequate, non-functioning, and unsafe,” he said in the question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today, in reply to a question from Mansor Abdul Rahman (BN-Sik).

Mahdzir said the schools were selected by the State Education Department and district officers, and the upgrading works were done through a industrial building system, which was cheaper.

In the 2018 Budget, RM2.5 billion was allocated to upgrade dilapidated schools throughout the country, with RM1 billion each for Sabah and Sarawak, and RM500 million for Peninsular Malaysia.

Mahdzir said RM1.25 billion would be utilised this year and the remainder next year. – Bernama, March 29, 2018.

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  • and only NOW you're getting around to doing some actual work? these schools have probably needed work done for YEARS. quit screwing around in parliament, UMNO idiots, and do your jobs properly.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tommy richard · Reply

  • I wonder how many schools the government could upgrade with the money they waste on self enriching mega projects. Between the HSR, the ECRL and the Penang tunnel there is enough money to upgrade every school in the nation to five star standard

    Posted 6 years ago by Dennis Da Menace · Reply

    • leave the Penang tunnel out of it, lol. its nothing compared to the bs BN projects so much money has been wasted on. but you have a point, finally, in that instead of enriching Jibby himself, they should have used the money stolen through 1mdb to fund schools and hospitals. MRT - another failed project with rubbish ridership, yet jibby parades it like its some huge accomplishment.

      Posted 6 years ago by Tommy richard · Reply

    • The Penang tunnel is EXACTLY the same as all those other idiotic mega projects. The hobby horses of one man designed to waste as much money as possible and to stimulate as much corruption as possible. Just because your Penang Super Hero is Chinese does not sanitise his ignorance, incompetence and lack of ethics. But thanks for once again demonstrating the flexibility (lack) of Chinese principles. Guan Eng Is an UMNO mentality living in a Chinese body. Albeit a good deal more insecure than the UMNO version




      Posted 6 years ago by Dennis Da Menace · Reply