KLUANG: The Defence Ministry will make the education of the children of its personnel as one of its focus for this year.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the decision was made following a ministry retreat last month, which mapped out the ministry's focus for 2017.
"We have identified education as one of the five cores that we would focus on this year, which falls under the welfare of our personnel and veterans,” said Hishammuddin.
Other cores that have been identified include healthcare and housing.
"We already started last year, when we decided that we do not want the children to be ferried to school by army trucks any more.
“The move to provide buses for the children was very much appreciated by the personnel and their families because they know that the children were comfortable,” said Hishammuddin.
He was speaking to the media after attending the Excellence Award Ceremony for schools in the Sembrong Parliamentary constituency at SMK Bandar T6 here.