Financial aid of RM100 for school-going children is now ready to be collected from their respective government schools nationwide by parents of 3,089,868 eligible students.<\/p>\n
A total of RM308.9mil was allocated for the aid to 10,234 schools nationwide, said Deputy Education Minister Datuk Chong Sin Woon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aid is to enable families with a household income of less than RM3,000 to use the cash to buy books and other related items for their children,\u201d said Chong.<\/p>\n
The aid aims to help parents who are burdened by additional expenses at the start of the new school term.<\/p>\n
Instead of giving the money to the students, which they may lose, the schools will be giving the money to the parents.<\/p>\n
He added that 1,692,187 recipients are from 7,797 primary schools and 1,397,681 are from 2,437 secondary schools.<\/p>\n
The highest number of recipients are in Selangor with 409,454 students, Johor with 385,512 students, Sabah with 381,174 students and Sarawak with 341,774 students.<\/p>\n
The 61,701 eligible Form Six students will be able to collect the Siswa 1Malaysia discount debit card issued by Bank Rakyat from their respective schools, he added.<\/p>\n
The debit card will contain RM250 to buy books from approved bookstores.<\/p>\n