COVID-19: Schools in Malaysia to close from Monday
09 November, 2020
Schools in Malaysia will close from Monday (Nov 9), the training ministry announced on Sunday.
The last day of the institution year in Kedah, Johor, Kelantan and Terengganu was said to be on Dec 17, and Dec 18 for other states.
Education Minister Dr Radzi Jidin said your choice to close schools earlier was taken following implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in every states in the peninsula, except Kelantan, Pahang and Perlis, which is effective from Monday until Dec 6.
“The move is taken to assist efforts by the federal government to break the chain of COVID-19 infection.
“In accordance with the institution academic calendar for 2021 that was announced earlier, the school term begins on Jan 20, 2021. All primary school students begins face-to-face learning on that date," he told a press conference on Sunday.
Radzi said students in Form One, Form Four, Form Five and Form Six, in addition to those in vocational colleges, may also begin face-to-face learning on a single date.
Students in Form Two and Form Three would also start on the same date, but with home-based learning. They'll only go back to school on Mar 8, 2021 for face-to-face classes.
Radzi said Form Two and Form Three students' classrooms will be used to accommodate Form Five students, who will sit for the 2020 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, which commences on Feb 22, 2021.
On the constraints facing students in rural areas, especially in getting Internet access for online learning, Radzi said the ministry would leave the problem to the teachers to use whatever approach or resources to make sure students do not lag behind within their studies.
For students residing at hostels, Radzi said parents or guardians should bring their children home.
"However, the students can continue steadily to stay at the hostels while waiting to be found by their parents or guardians," he said, adding that during this time period, they would be under the supervision of the hostel warden and their food and drinks would be provided by the institution.
Radzi said the first day of the institution academic session next year also applied to private schools and any learning institutions registered with the ministry.
For schools that aren't registered with the training ministry, also, they are told to do the same, he added.
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