PETALING JAYA: All Cerdik laptops will be fully distributed by the end of next month.
As of Sunday (Aug 15), a total of 102,352 laptops have been distributed, Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin said in a Facebook post tonight.
"A total of 47,648 have yet to be distributed, but we expect to complete the process before the end of September," he said, adding that the ministry was committed to doing its best.
When tabling Budget 2021 last November, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz announced that government-linked companies and government-linked investment companies would contribute RM150mil into a fund, to be known as Tabung Cerdik, or Cerdik Fund, to provide laptops to 150,000 students in 500 schools as a pilot project.
The target group of students for this initiative to provide digital access in the form of laptops, tablets, and data connectivity are those from lower-income families.
Yayasan Hasanah, the impact-based Khazanah foundation, is the secretariat of the Cerdik initiative.
The contributions involve 13 Government-Linked Companies (GLC) and Government-Linked Investment Companies (GLIC) representing companies under Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP), and Petronas.
Yayasan Petronas, the corporate social responsibility arm of Petronas, for example, is distributing digital devices with data connectivity worth RM30mil to 12,000 students in 81 schools under the initiative.
The rollout, which began in February, however, saw Malaysians taking to social media to complain about the slow distribution of the devices. - Star
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