Govt's student laptop programme turns out to be a loan

The 150,000 laptops that the government promised to provide students under Budget 2021 will be on a loan basis.

The laptops were acquired through the RM150 million Cerdik Fund which was pooled together by government-linked companies (GLC) and government-linked investment companies (GLIC).

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman said he was disappointed by the...