KOTA KINABALU: Sabah backs all forms of educational aspirations that empower excellence and quality of learning, says the Chief Minister.
Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said these included the Malaysia Education Plan (RPM) 2026-2035 with emphasis on digital education and infrastructure, teachers’ well-being, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as well as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
He said attention would also be paid to aspects of educational equity, inclusive rural education, inculcation of local values, and identity and empowerment of school leadership.
Hajiji said through close synergy between the state and federal governments, critical issues such as dilapidated schools and teacher shortages in Sabah’s rural areas were expected to be comprehensively addressed within the 10-year plan.
“The state is working closely with the Federal Government to realise the agenda of empowering and enhancing excellence and quality of education in Sabah, including further improving and upgrading educational facilities and infrastructure,” he said at the Education Convention and fourth general assembly of the Malaysian Headmasters Association, Sabah branch, here yesterday.
State Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk James Ratib delivered Hajiji’s speech.
