To start face-to-face in-class sessions in school or not? That is the conversation buzzing on Facebook among parents, teachers and policymakers.
A peek at comments in the Facebook pages of Minister of Education Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin and Datuk Jalaluddin Alias (MP Jelebu), chairman of the newly set-up Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Education, shows a poll soliciting parents’ feedback on whether they are prepared for schools to re-open.
As expected, some say “yes” and some say “no”. Parents and teachers are worried about the high community infection rate of Covid-19 and prefer schooling to continue at home. Some prefer face-to-face in-class sessions, however, citing ineffective and inconsistent remote learning, owing to challenges such as connectivity, devices, higher cost, lack of space, focus and guidance, to name a few.
Published on: Thursday, December 17, 2020
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Kuala Lumpur: The Covid-19 treatment and vaccine costs for parents of taxpayers can be tax deducted under expenses for medical, special needs and parental care, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday.
Deputy Finance Minister II, Mohd Shahar Abdullah
(pic), said income tax relief for individuals could be claimed up to RM8,000.
He said the tax relief of RM1,000 for vaccination, including for Covid-19, also applied to taxpayers, their spouses and children.
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“If the parents are confirmed positive and need to undergo treatment, including taking the vaccine, the expenses can be claimed under parents’ medical expenses,” he said when winding up the debate on the Finance Bill 2020, which was later passed by a majority voice vote.
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 04:04 PM MYT
Small bottles labelled with a ‘VaccineCovid-19 sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. Reuters pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 The Covid-19 treatment and vaccine costs for parents of taxpayers can be tax deducted under expenses for medical, special needs and parental care, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Deputy Finance Minister II, Mohd Shahar Abdullah said income tax relief for individuals could be claimed up to RM8,000.
He said the tax relief of RM1,000 for vaccination including for Covid-19 also applied to taxpayers, their spouses and children.
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 03:07 PM MYT
Deputy Finance Minister II Mohd Shahar Abdullah said the government would not present the expansionary budget if it did not have confidence in the country’s future economic performance. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 Budget 2021 was formulated based on reports presented by relevant bodies whose data could be determined to be valid, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said.
Deputy Finance Minister II Mohd Shahar Abdullah said the government would not present the expansionary budget if it did not have confidence in the country’s future economic performance.
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