KUALA LUMPUR – The school maintenance allocation under Budget 2021 will be distributed according to a formula based on the number of schools as well as category, said Senior Education Minister Radzi Jidin.
Radzi said the formula is to ensure more a comprehensive distribution of the RM620 million allocation specially for maintenance of schools under the Education Ministry nationwide.
“During an engagement session with the Finance Ministry, the Education Ministry sought to be given the responsibility to determine the distribution of maintenance allocation for schools and educational institutions under it.
“This is to ensure the distribution is carried out more comprehensively by taking into consideration the number and type of school,” he said in winding up the debate on the 2021 Supply Bill at the Dewan Rakyat today.
He said that there are to date 10,223 schools under the ministry, comprising 8,293 government schools and 1,930 government-aided schools.
The types of schools for the two categories cover Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK), Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK), Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC), Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT), missionary schools, conforming schools (Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan), and government-aided religious schools.
Radzi said that under the formula, the ceiling allocation for the types of schools are RM477.48 million for SK and SMK government schools, including residential school and vocational colleges, while government-aided SK and SMK schools get RM1.2 million.
“Government and government-aided SJKC are allocated RM74.07 million; government and government aided (SJKT) get RM29.98 million, and government and government-assisted missionary schools get RM20.94 million,” he said.
“Apart from that, government and government-assisted conforming schools will receive RM4.11 million and government-aided religious schools RM12.23 million,” he said. – Bernama, November 24, 2020
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