Penang Education: No decision yet on convent schools closure


GEORGE TOWN: The state Education Department wants the public to stop speculating on the closure of three convent girls' schools in Penang as there is no certainty to the matter.

Penang Education director Shaari Osman said the application by the trustees landowner, Sisters of Infant Jesus, to take back the land is pending at the Education Ministry.

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