PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Tuesday handed an allocation of RM80mil to 819 registered pondok schools, Sekolah Menengah Agama Rakyat (SMAR), and tahfiz (religious) institutions.
The Prime Minister said the allocation under the Special Fund for Improvement and Maintenance of Schools as announced in Budget 2017 was aimed at empowering and strengthening the religious education institutions.
