Works Minister Dato Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi announced the update after handing over new classroom blocks at SMK Dalat and SMK Semop today.

Of the 76 projects:

• 25 are actively under construction
• 24 are in planning and preparatory stages
• 27 have been fully completed

Seven more school projects worth RM223.64 million are expected to be completed between June and December this year.

For SMK Dalat, the RM27.2 million 18-classroom block was completed in December 2025, while SMK Semop's RM10.56 million 12-classroom block finished in January this year.

Nanta also mentioned that preliminary work for the SMK Bukit Goram project in Kapit has started, with a Letter of Acceptance expected before the end of 2026.

Nanta visiting a new classroom at SMK Dalat.

He also announced RM20,000 contributions each to the Parent-Teacher Associations of SMK Dalat and SMK Semop.

"This demonstrates the government's continued commitment to ensuring schools in Sarawak are provided with more comfortable, safe and conducive facilities," said Nanta.

Source: Borneo Post

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