NILAI, Jan 2 (Bernama) -- The second RM100 school aid will be paid out starting Jan 15, said Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi.
He said the Ministry had issued a circular on the matter reminding the school authorities to not make any deductions for any Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) or other payments.
"The RM100 must be distributed to the students' parents. It's up to them if they want to use the money to pay PTA fees. The school has no right to deduct the money," he told reporters here Wednesday.
Mohd Puad had earlier visited Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Batang Benar, SK Sendayang and Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC) near here in conjunction with the first day of school for the 2013 session today.
Apart from the five million students in government schools the RM100 would also be distributed to students in government-aided, private, and religious schools.
The aid was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also Finance Minister, in the 2013 Budget for all primary and secondary students, following the first RM100 which was provided in 2012.
Meanwhile, Mohd Puad said 428,493 pupils attended Standard One in government schools nationwide this year and 15 new primary and secondary schools were opened this year.
On a separate development, he said SK Batang Benar was facing a shortage of classrooms due to an increase in Year One pupils, and the ministry would build six temporary cabin-classrooms to resolve the problem.
He said it was a short term solution and was expected to be completed in three weeks.
As for TKC which had moved to its new premises in Bandar Enstek, Mohd Puad said the ministry was willing consider its request to retain the old building in Jalan Tuanku Kurshiah, Seremban as a full boarding school for girls.
He said the matter was pending the decision by Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
He said the Ministry had issued a circular on the matter reminding the school authorities to not make any deductions for any Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) or other payments.
"The RM100 must be distributed to the students' parents. It's up to them if they want to use the money to pay PTA fees. The school has no right to deduct the money," he told reporters here Wednesday.
Mohd Puad had earlier visited Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Batang Benar, SK Sendayang and Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC) near here in conjunction with the first day of school for the 2013 session today.
Apart from the five million students in government schools the RM100 would also be distributed to students in government-aided, private, and religious schools.
The aid was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also Finance Minister, in the 2013 Budget for all primary and secondary students, following the first RM100 which was provided in 2012.
Meanwhile, Mohd Puad said 428,493 pupils attended Standard One in government schools nationwide this year and 15 new primary and secondary schools were opened this year.
On a separate development, he said SK Batang Benar was facing a shortage of classrooms due to an increase in Year One pupils, and the ministry would build six temporary cabin-classrooms to resolve the problem.
He said it was a short term solution and was expected to be completed in three weeks.
As for TKC which had moved to its new premises in Bandar Enstek, Mohd Puad said the ministry was willing consider its request to retain the old building in Jalan Tuanku Kurshiah, Seremban as a full boarding school for girls.
He said the matter was pending the decision by Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
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