Last lap for SPM 2020 cohort


Last day of school: SMK Seri Bintang Utara students waving goodbye on Tuesday. They will return on Feb 22 to sit for the SPM exams. – AZMAN GHANI/The Star

PARENTS are doing all they can in the “last lap” to help prepare the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 cohort after the Education Ministry unexpectedly stopped face-to-face classes from Wednesday.

Some 400,000 students sit for the SPM exams annually. With a week to crunch time, parents are pulling out all the stops to support their children.

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