PETALING JAYA: Groups representing parents and university students have welcomed the reintroduction of the RM100 book voucher, this time for students from Year 4 up to tertiary education.
Political intentions aside, the Parent Action Group for Education said it’s more important that the books purchased are read and the culture of reading is fostered in the next generation.“Let’s not overthink, just take it. Pray that it will trigger the reading habit, which is severely lacking among the generation of the TikTok era. Students should even go a step further by lending and borrowing each other’s books,” PAGE chairman Noor Azimah Rahim told FMT.
Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth president Ten Kang Yeaw also supported the government’s initiative, as he believed it would develop greater interest in reading even among university students.Ten said the RM100 voucher would be especially welcomed by students who already have a keen interest in reading but cannot afford to buy books on their own.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that the voucher would be reintroduced, accompanied by a list of recommended books to encourage students to spend the vouchers on “quality books”. Meanwhile, Mak Chee Kin of the Melaka Action Group for Parents in Education said he wanted to know who would prepare the list of recommended books and which publications would make the cut.
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