One million read together

Class activity: (From left) Bessey, Azura and Struys roleplaying with students during the reading campaign at SMK Seksyen 9, Shah Alam.

SHAH ALAM: More than one million students from 2,278 schools set aside 33 minutes and 30 seconds to read together simultaneously yesterday as part of Scholastic Malaysia's READ 2012 reading campaign.

The campaign, in its fifth year, broke last year's record with a 56% increase in student participation. But that was not its goal, as it aimed at promoting better reading habits.