Budget 2022: Experts call for improving internet access in schools and higher learning institutions


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The education sector should be emphasised the tabling of Budget 2022, especially the provisions to improve internet access and digital devices following the home-based Teaching and Learning system which will be continued in the new norm.

In making this call, the National Union of Teaching Profession of Malaysia (NUTP) president Aminuddin Awang (pic) said he hoped that the government would provide allocations to upgrade the internet system in schools to facilitate the online learning sessions in the post-Covid-19 era.

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