Education Ministry strikes deal with Sarawak over RM1bil loan to repair schools

Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik.

KUCHING: The Education Ministry has reached an agreement with the Sarawak government on the use of the latter's RM1bil loan repayment for repairing dilapidated schools in the state.

Education Minister Maszlee Malik (pic) said both parties agreed to fine-tune the channelling of the funds and implementation of projects to ensure that this is carried out in an orderly and transparent manner.