Form Six students will start receiving their RM2,500 living allowance starting from the first semester of next year.  

The Education Minister says it will be paid in stages over three semesters, with students receiving around RM800 per payment.  

The allowance was announced under Budget 2027, to help support STPM students' educational needs.  

90,000 Form Six students are expected to benefit from the allowance, which is on par with the payment for matriculation students.

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The Health Ministry is still drawing up its proposed workplace mental health policy.  

Its minister says it's still holding engagement sessions with relevant stakeholders, including the HR Ministry on the matter.  

He adds that the policy aims to go beyond merely providing counselling services.  

It will also include measures to address excessive workloads and burn-out, and allow employes to have a better work-life balance.  

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The Health Ministry is also looking to improve access to mental health support.

This includes training more psychiatrists and making greater use of counsellors and family medicine specialists.

Currently, mental health services are available at 68 government hospitals, four psychiatric institutions and over 1,100 health clinics nationwide.

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In other news

Schools in Johor are reopening in stages starting today, following a 10 day closure due to the haze.  

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Meanwhile, Sarawak has ordered 27 schools in Tebedu, Serian to close today due to unhealthy air quality.  

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KKM is in the final stages of declassifying its report into a fire at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in JB in 2016, which killed 6 people.

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A Malaysian woman has suffered an ankle injury after falling into a 10-metre-deep hole while hiking at a mountain in Vietnam.

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And the IGP has ordered an immediate probe into the recent death of a detainee at the Cheras police headquarters.

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