Every child to benefit

The Education Ministry plans on making full use of its budget allocation to ensure students across Malaysia have access to quality education. — Lim Beng Tatt/The Star.

THE country’s education sector has, for at least two decades, received the largest chunk of the national budget. In 2024, this trend continues, with RM58.7bil allocated to the Education Ministry and RM16.3bil to the Higher Education Ministry, totalling RM75bil, which is a whopping 19% of next year’s spending.

When tabling next year’s budget, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the allocation to the Education Ministry was more than the RM55.2bil allocated in Budget 2023.