News about schools

ALOR SETAR (Aug 3): Five schools in the Kubang Pasu and Padang Terap districts in Kedah, which have been linked to the Sivagangga cluster, have been closed with immediate effect from today until Aug 29 in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 infection.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) said there is no need to close schools and kindergartens in Kedah and Sabah, despite the re-emergence of Covid-19 cases there.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Schools are responsible for providing personal protective equipment such as face masks and hand sanitisers, which are for students and teachers’ use, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

MOSCOW (July 11): All Hong Kong schools will be closed again after a new surge in Covid-19 cases, Sputnik news agency quoted the South China Morning Post newspaper report on Friday, citing a medical source.

PUTRAJAYA (July 9): Form Four and Semester 1 Form Six students at boarding schools under the Education Ministry (KPM) will return to school on July 15.

PUTRAJAYA (July 1): Form One to Form Four and Remove Class students as well as Year Five and Year Six pupils, will return to school starting on July 15.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 29): With government and private kindergartens, pre-schools, nurseries and day-care centres scheduled to resume operations on Wednesday (July 1), parents must surely be busy making the final arrangements to send their little ones there after a three-month hiatus following the imposition of the Movement Control Order.

SEREMBAN (June 25): Opinions and feedback on the amendments to the 2020 school calendar will be discussed at the Education Ministry (MOE) level, said Deputy Education Minister I Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon.

PUTRAJAYA (June 24): Schools which record Covid-19 positive cases among students, teachers and staff can be ordered to close, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali (pictured).

KUCHING (June 24): After about three months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 188 secondary schools in Sarawak will reopen today, involving 34,306 Form Five students and 6,782 Upper 6 students.