By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, April 17: As of March 2024, a total of 45 dilapidated school redevelopment projects in Sarawak, funded by an allocation of RM1 billion, have been successfully completed out of 139 schools earmarked for renovation.
According to a TVS news report, Education, Innovation, and Talent Development (MEITD) Sarawak Minister Datuk Seri Roland Sagah Wee Inn said that 33 per cent of the projects under the RM1 billion allocation since 2019 have been fully completed, including Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Nanga Klassen in Sri Aman Division.
He explained that 38 of the total number of schools are currently under construction, with the remaining 56 still in planning or pre-contract status.
“The number of projects or schools under this programme is 139 as of March 2024, which are in scale six and seven.
“From 2019, projects that have been completed including SK Ng Klassen are 45 schools which is 33 per cent, 38 schools are under construction which is 27 per cent, and 56 schools are in planning or pre-contract which is 40 per cent,” he was quoted as saying in the news report.
Sagah made the remarks during his speech at the ‘Majlis Mangkung Tiang Bangunan Baharu SK Ng Klassen Tahun 2024’, which was held yesterday (April 16) at the Dewan Datuk Francis Harden, SK Ng Klassen Undop Sri Aman.
He stated that his ministry had identified 459 dilapidated schools in Sarawak as being on scales six and seven based on data obtained from the ‘Bengkel Penyelarasan Hala Tuju Sekolah Daif di Sarawak’, which took place in March.
Of these, 180 have been allocated and are in the project implementation phase, while the remaining 279 schools have yet to receive an allocation or project approval and are estimated to require RM5.2 billion. — DayakDaily
