Malaysia will launch a pilot early child education and care project which promotes the "fun learning" concept next year, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said Tuesday.

The government will build special centers for that purpose in each state, Najib told reporters in the administrative center of Putrajaya.

The Cabinet has approved the pioneer project with an initial allocation of 20 million ringgit ( 5.4 million U.S. dollars) and it will involve about 50 children in each state, Najib said after chairing the meeting of the Early Child Education and Care Policy Coordinating Council.

"We will pick a different environment (for the centers) and ... will test the impact of the involvement of children from all socio- economic strata," he said.

The early education for children program had been successfully conducted in several countries with the students showing strong emotional and psychological development, added the deputy prime minister.

Source: Xinhua