Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) presidential council member Abang Aditajaya Abang Alwi today proposed a three-month salary cut for all Sarawak assemblypersons.
The cut funds will then be used to purchase necessary gadgets to help students with home-based learning.
He said the state government, led by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition, should be more sensitive over the difficulties faced by the students, especially those from poor families, in coping with the home-learning challenges amid the pandemic.
“We don’t want these children to lag behind in education just because they cannot afford to purchase the gadgets or suitable devices to learn,” he said in a statement today.
Aditajaya, who is also Tanjung Manis PSB chairperson, said what the state government could do right now is to provide every student in Sarawak with gadgets for free, using the state’s allocation.
He said it was sad when there was no allocation set aside for the acquisition of gadgets for students in Sarawak in the Bantuan Khas Sarawakku Sayang (BKSS) 5.0 announced recently when there were already 1,000 students from all over the state applying for gadget aid.
He said his proposal is not being made as a blame game, but merely aimed at making it more convenient for students to continue with home-learning.
Starting last week, the Tanjong Manis PSB service centre had been distributing suitable gadgets to eligible students, comprising 100 tablets for sixth formers, 200 smartphones for those in Form One to Form Five, and 50 laptop computers for university students.
- Bernama
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