PUTRAJAYA: A total of 830 schools require to be repaired or rebuilt, says the Education Ministry.
In a statement yesterday, it announced that the ministry would prioritise the replacement of school buildings that are on the sixth and seventh scales according to the impact grade score analysis.
Scale Six refers to buildings categorised as unsafe by the district and state education departments while Scale Seven means those listed as unsafe by the Public Works Department.
“The ministry is committed to providing a safe and conducive education infrastructure to the students and school staff across the country,” it added in a Bernama report.
On Sunday, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek was reported as saying that the redevelopment of dilapidated schools nationwide would be implemented in phases with the most important phase to be carried out after the tabling of Budget 2023 on Feb 24.
Meanwhile, the ministry also expressed its appreciation to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for his concern in giving priority to the issue of dilapidated schools.
On Feb 11, Anwar said the government’s focus was to quickly solve the problem for the welfare of the children as well as to improve the quality of education in the country.
