All 111 schools in Pasir Gudang to re-open on March 31

File photo from Sungai Kim Kim clean-up.

JOHOR BARU (Bernama): All 111 schools in the Pasir Gudang area closed following the Sungai Kim Kim chemical waste pollution incident will re-open on March 31.

Johor  Education Department deputy director Azman Adnan said

work to clean-up the schools would be carried out first, with the cooperation of the Parent-Teacher Association.

“Those involved in the cleaning-up will be the parents, communities, government agencies, non-governmental organisations and  the private sector. Students won't be involved.

“These schools will be re-opened in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs),” he said in a statement on Friday (March 22).

He said a meeting of the state Disaster Management Committee, set-up to tackle the disposal of chemical waste in Sungai Kim Kim, decided on March 19 to halt the clean-up operation.

“The Disaster Operations Control Centre will also be closed as the situation is almost back to normal.

“As such, all schools in Pasir Gudang will be opened again from Sunday, which is March 31,” Azman said.

Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik had ordered all 111 schools in Pasir Gudang to be closed from March 13 until further notice. - Bernama