Wednesday May 28, 2008 MYT 4:50:36 PM
Funds needed to upgrade East Malaysian schools
KUCHING: Rural and island schools in Sarawak and Sabah need more funds to upgrade their basic amenities as well as teachers' quarters and hostel facilities.
These schools are also lacking in information and communication technology (ICT) facilities, said Sarawak and Sabah joint Teacher Unions Association chairman William Ghani Bina.
He said that the electricity generators that most rural and island schools relied on needed to be upgraded to ensure reliable supply. The supply of clean water needed to be improved too.
Ghani, also Sarawak Teachers' Union president, applauded Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein's statement that the ministry planned to review its priorities in the Education Blueprint of the Ninth Malaysia Plan to accord priority to schools in Sabah and Sarawak.
The move was to close the gap between urban and rural schools, Hishammuddin had said.
"It is hoped that rural schools will get electricity supply when the Bakun hydroelectric dam is opperational," Ghani said on Wednesday.
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