Raring for schools to open

SPENDING Form Four and most of Form Five learning from home is not the most ideal way to prepare for one of the most important national examinations in the Malaysian schooling system.

But that is exactly what the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2021 cohort has been forced to endure.

While the 2020 cohort faced an unprecedented challenge of being the first batch of SPM students forced to adapt to home-based teaching and learning (PdPR), their juniors are having to endure close to two years of school closures even with the postponement of the SPM to February next year.

Besides the lack of access to Internet services and digital devices, PdPR was fraught with issues like insufficient teacher guidance, poorly planned timetables, truancy and the shortage of time to complete the syllabus.