First announced at the tabling of Bajet 2022 last October, the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia (PSKM) programme aims to provide a tablet for all students of higher learning institutions that come from B40 families. Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa today has provided some updates regarding the initiative which has a budget of RM450 million in addition to another RM65 million from telcos.
According to the minister, the programme’s online registration system is expected to be completed in mid-April. Once the initial processing has been performed within April to May, the first phase of the tablet rollout can then take place as early as the first week of June.
Among the minimum specifications that the minister has mentioned during his press conference at Parlimen today includes a 10.1-inch (not 10.1 cm, YB…) display and 4GB of RAM. Additionally, PSKM tablets also must come with a keyboard and stylus although ultimately, no actual device was revealed at today’s press conference.
(Source: Parlimen Malaysia / YouTube, K-KOMM / Twitter.)
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