Budget 2023: Early schooling aid raised to RM150 for all pupils


KUALA LUMPUR: The government will be increasing the Early Schooling Aid (BAP) from RM100 to RM150 for all pupils regardless of the income level of parents next year.

When tabling the 2023 Supply Bill at Dewan Rakyat, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the assistance will be channelled in January 2023 and hoped it would lighten the burden of parents to support schooling children.

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