Former deputy minister Mohamed Hanipa Maidin expressed hope that PAS-owned kindergartens will not be affected by the government’s efforts to streamline the preschool education system.

He said in a Facebook post that although he has reservations about the Islamist party which he left in 2015, its Pusat Asuhan Tunas Islam (Pasti) kindergartens have been successful.

“Putrajaya has decided to...