Food, milk worth RM547mil for underprivileged pupils


SUNGAI PETANI: The government is spending RM547mil on supplementary food and milk for about 800,000 pupils in the 2022/2023 academic year.

Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said the Supplementary Food Programme (RMT) and School Milk Programme (PSS) have had a positive impact since their introduction in 1983.

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