The Ministry of Education's (MOE) move to give a six-month rental exemption to canteens and other premises and spaces at schools under its administration affected by school closures, from this month, has given much-needed relief to those concerned.

For them, it helps to reduce their financial burden after not being able to run a business due to school closures.

One of those affected, a canteen operator, Noor Widani Said, 43, said that the financial burden was felt ever since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, as she had to pay monthly rent...