Beluran pupils forced to study under tents and in mosque corridors, says Likas rep By MUGUNTAN VANAR

The Star : KOTA KINABALU: In Sabah’s quiet eastern district of Beluran, the children of SK Balaban Jaya begin their school day not in classrooms, but under tents without walls and along the corridors of a mosque.

Their laughter and lessons are carried by the breeze, sometimes interrupted by rain splashing in or the scorching heat in their daily routines. Parents have voiced their concern and are pleading for quick temporary measures as an interim solution to the problem. The primary school’s problem was highlighted by Parti Warisan’s Likas assemblyman Tham Yun Fook.

He said the Education Ministry has allocated RM2mil for the construction of a permanent school building but it is unlikely to take off in the immediate future. The tender and construction process could take months or even a year before completion. For these children, a year is far too long, he said.

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