In the recent ECCE Council launch, Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Dato Muhyiddin Yassin, spoke on the emphasis given to ECCE.
Presently, the government provides a fee subsidy of up to RM150 per month for a child from poor families to attend private preschool classes. In 2010, a total of RM10.6 million was provided to assist in paying school fees for 21,179 children from poor families to attend private preschool classes. A scheme is also being studied so that the government could provide assistance based on certain scales to children from middle-income families to attend private kindergartens and preschool classes. He said that government investment in child nurseries and preschool education was an appropriate move.
Tan Sri Dato Muhyiddin and VIP guests joining the children in a dance at the ECCE launch
