KOTA BARU: The Kelantan state government intends to implement the ‘E-Tuisyen Rakyat Sejahtera’ Kelantan, a free online tuition programme for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) candidates, starting next year.
State Education, Higher Education, Green Technology, Digital, and Innovation Committee Chairman, Datuk Wan Roslan Wan Hamat, said the initiative is one of the state government's commitments to produce excellent SPM students.
He said that the state government has already started a trial run of the online tuition in collaboration with Telekom Malaysia, involving the participation of 1,896 students.
"Through the E-Tuisyen Rakyat Sejahtera Kelantan online, it will provide the format for answering the SPM examination, covering all subjects. The trial this year involves an allocation of nearly RM100,000.
"For next year, we intend to further expand this initiative by providing the best formats in collaboration with expert teachers to offer this online tuition for free to all SPM candidates throughout Kelantan," he said.
He said this when answering a supplementary question from Nor Asilah Mohamed Zin (PAS-Limbongan) regarding the financial cost and benefits of implementing the ‘E-Tuisyen Rakyat Sejahtera’ Kelantan at the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting in Kompleks Kota Darulnaim on Monday (Nov 10).
Wan Roslan said the state government aims to provide the tuition initiative free of charge following the successful implementation of the ‘Tuisyen Rakyat Sejahtera’ last year.
He noted that the tuition program last year focused on four core subjects with the participation of 1,495 students in 2024, involving an allocation of RM477,000.
"SPM results in Kelantan showed an improvement, reaching 95.99% in 2024 compared to 95.08% in 2023.
"Therefore, we are expanding this tuition initiative to involve 2,604 students this year," he said.
He added that the state government does not rule out the possibility of extending the initiative to candidates for the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM), and others in the future. — Bernama
