SHAH ALAM, July 17 — Around 160,000 secondary school students and 20,000 primary school pupils in Selangor have benefited from the Selangor People's Tuition Programme (PTRS) to improve their academic performance.
Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari said its implementation has also contributed to improvements in the state's Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) State Average Grade (GPN) for three consecutive years.
PTRS was introduced to ensure that children from low-income families and those living in rural areas have equal educational opportunities to achieve academic excellence.
"Selangor's SPM GPN has continued to improve, from 4.67 in 2023, to 4.59 in 2024, and now 4.52 in 2025.
"These figures demonstrate the success of thousands of students who attend PTRS classes after school, where free meals are provided and qualified teachers are there to support them," he said in a Facebook post.
Amirudin added that PTRS has been strengthened this year with the introduction of Physics and Chemistry modules in line with the goal of enhancing achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
"The ePTRS platform has also been upgraded with live two-way sessions between teachers and students. There is no longer any reason to say that tuition is too expensive or too far away.
"In Selangor, quality education is the right of every child," he said.
Amirudin, who also oversees the state's education portfolio, said that an estimated 17,000 pupils have benefited from the Didik Kasih Programme, which helps strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills.
"These pupils are guided using specialised modules developed by Selangor's own educators. At the same time, I am pleased that the number of pupils requiring remedial classes continues to decline.
"This means they are building stronger foundations before progressing to secondary school," he said.
