Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email only fully-aided schools have the privilege of having their utilities bills paid by federal government? The partially-aided schools have to pay themselves using the funds allocated by government for their administration. The downside to this is that schools have little left after paying bills, that it impacts school administration. That’s why some school neglect paying bills, and you read in paper that they are in arrears, owing utilities companies some money. In the end, government still have to bail them out.
Why not just standardise the payment method for all schools?
In a statement, Dong Jiao Zong said the implementation was unfair because partially-aided schools would have to pay their bills with the government’s allocation for their administration.
“Both fully-aided or partially-aided schools are part of the country’s education system and they should be developed fairly by the Government,” the group said.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said MCA was now collecting information on the amount of money needed by partially-aided schools to pay for the bills.
