GOVT GIVES EQUAL TREATMENT TO ALL SCHOOLS, SAYS MUHYIDDIN

 

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has refuted an allegation that the federal government did not provide aid to Chinese schools (SJKC).

He described the allegation as irresponsible because the government always provided equitable allocation to every school and gave priority to education.

"Education is a crucial matter. If there are people who say that the Education Minister is a Malay...he does not like Chinese people, this is not right.

"My face is certainly that of a Malay, but I have Malaysian guts.

"I assist even the Chinese schools, that's why we help the National Type Chinese Schools.

"Today, I want to announce that we want to give RM1.5mil for the school in Batu Kawan. I also agree to assist the Tamil school here.

"This is a small matter," he said when addressing the people in the Batu Kawan parliamentary constituency here.

Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, said the government gave its attention to all the 8,500 national schools, 1,200 SJKCs and 500 Tamil schools. "For our future, we will give emphasis on education matters. The Prime Minister gave a substantial allocation to me, but this is inadequate.

"We will increase it, next year we will budget and if we can increase, we can build more schools," he said. - Bernama