PUTRAJAYA (Jan 5): The government has allocated RM800 million to provide a one-off early schooling aid (BAP) of RM150 to all students from Year One to Form Six this year. The Education Ministry had announced that the BAP distribution will begin at schools as early as Jan 11. In addition, he said the government had agreed to increase allocations for Chinese national-type schools (SJKCs) to RM80 million, up from RM50 million last year, and to allocate RM50 million for Tamil national-type schools (SJKTs). Previously, we provided RM50 million, and this year we have increased it to RM80 million for SJKCs. “Although the number of SJKTs is smaller, some of these Tamil schools are also in dilapidated condition, which is why we have allocated RM50 million,” he added.

Source: The Edge Markets January 05, 2026 07:59 UTC