For the past week, 12-year-old Colleen Hung has kept her bedroom door shut. It’s not just because she is a teenager keeping her two pesky younger sisters out, but also because her bedroom is now her classroom. From the start of the movement control order (MCO), Colleen and her classmates have gone online for their lessons.
“Even before the MCO, our teachers had asked us to download Google Classroom, Google Meet and Zoom. Now, they email us to tell us when our class is, and we join in at that time. My teacher teaches us using PowerPoint, like she does in school. I also have online classes with my tuition teacher, ” says the Year Six pupil at Chong Cheng Primary School in Sg Ara, Penang.