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The work of upgrading and ▶ RM300 million is provided
building open halls or covered through the Skills Development
structures for students to Fund Corporation or PTPK
assemble in a comfortable
and safe place in Government RM60 million to increase the
Schools National Dual Training System
Plus allowance to RM1,000 from
RM725 million to upgrade RM625
buildings and infrastructure in ▶ Benefitting 10 thousand
50 dilapidated schools
▶ Implement 184 construction trainees
RM29 million to implement TVET
projects and install tube well programmes under Ministry of
water supply at schools in rural Higher Education
Sabah and Sarawak with a total ▶ Islamic education and lifelong
project cost of RM120 million
learning initiatives to 15
RM45 million to empower special thousand students in tahfiz
needs stream institutions and pondok
schools
Total allocation to the Ministry
of Higher Education is RM14.4 OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK 202 1350
billion
▶ RM50 million for infrastructure

and equipment replacement in
public universities
▶ RM50 million to upgrade the
Malaysian Research & Education
Network or MYREN access line
to 500Mbps to 10Gbps

The Government works with BSN
in providing RM100 million to
finance the BSN MyRinggit-i
COMSIS Scheme which is a laptop
loan scheme

Tax relief up to RM8,000 on net
annual savings in Skim Simpanan
Pendidikan Nasional until year of
assessment 2022

RM6 billion to strengthenTechnical
and Vocational Education and
Training orTVET
▶ Provide loans to 24 thousand

trainees to pursue TVET
programmes in public and
private skills training institutions