The low enrollment in Sarawak rural school is affected by change in demographic patterns in rural Sarawak, said Deputy Chief Minister, Tan Sri Dr. James Masing. Masing said in  the 60s & 70s the rural population was widely scattered, and Sarawak government, in its effort to spread education to rural populace, had to built more schools for remote communities. “As demographic pattern change due to better accessibility, the remote resettlements moved to town centres, thus depriving the rural area of its population and the students to fill the schools. The federal government’s reluctance in giving the neededRead More