SEBERANG PERAI, Jan. 13 -- Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has warned schools not to deduct any other fees from the RM150 early schooling aid (BAP) meant for students.

She said the aid must be given to all parents in full so it can be used to pay for schooling preparation for their children.

"Schools must not deduct any fees from this, if the parents owe any fees such as for Parents-Teachers Associations (PTA), ask the parents to pay later, but this schooling aid should be paid in full to each student," she said in her speech during a mock cheque presentation of the early schooling aid to the state education department at SMK Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah.

She said the RM150 aid is meant for school preparation and must be given in full to e...