Education Ministry expects more schools to close due to worsening haze

A pupil reads a notice of school closure due to haze outside a school at in Serdang on Sept 17, 2019. - AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Education Ministry has indicated that more schools are expected to close as the Air Pollutant Index (API) continues to rise.

In a statement issued at 4pm on Tuesday (Sept 17), the ministry said a total of 636 schools in Sarawak, Selangor, Putrajaya and Negri Sembilan have been shut down, affecting 445,249 schoolchildren.