JOHOR BARU: Johor is well prepared to restart the school session and will be strictly following the Health Ministry’s guidelines, says state Education, Information, Heritage and Culture Committee chairman Mazlan Bujang.
He said the state Education Department had carried out a briefing for all 11 district education offices to update the officials on the new standard operating procedure.
He said the department would give another briefing to all 1,187 school principals soon.
“We will ensure all schools follow the guidelines such as social distancing within the classroom,” he said after attending the state-level Teacher’s Day celebrations yesterday.
State acting education director Shaharuddin Saari said only Form Five and Form Six students would be back in schools first.
“We will adhere to the ministry’s directive,” he said, adding that the ministry would be making an official announcement two weeks before the reopening of schools.
There are more than 35,000 Form Five students and 1,500 Form Six students in Johor.
Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin had said that the school reopening management guidelines would be distributed to allow schools and teachers to make appropriate preparations.
Meanwhile, in Klang, Sentosa assemblyman Gunaraj George said there might be a need to mobilise the police to help keep everything in order when schools reopen.
“I don’t think there would be any problems with social distancing when classes are in progress.
“It is when classes are dismissed that there may be problems with children not adhering to social distancing,’’ said Gunaraj.
He said his other big concern was school transportation vehicles such as buses and vans.
There was no point in practising social distancing in schools if students were ferried in cramped vehicles, he said.
He said the state Education Department had carried out a briefing for all 11 district education offices to update the officials on the new standard operating procedure.
He said the department would give another briefing to all 1,187 school principals soon.
“We will ensure all schools follow the guidelines such as social distancing within the classroom,” he said after attending the state-level Teacher’s Day celebrations yesterday.
State acting education director Shaharuddin Saari said only Form Five and Form Six students would be back in schools first.
“We will adhere to the ministry’s directive,” he said, adding that the ministry would be making an official announcement two weeks before the reopening of schools.
There are more than 35,000 Form Five students and 1,500 Form Six students in Johor.
Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin had said that the school reopening management guidelines would be distributed to allow schools and teachers to make appropriate preparations.
Meanwhile, in Klang, Sentosa assemblyman Gunaraj George said there might be a need to mobilise the police to help keep everything in order when schools reopen.
“I don’t think there would be any problems with social distancing when classes are in progress.
“It is when classes are dismissed that there may be problems with children not adhering to social distancing,’’ said Gunaraj.
He said his other big concern was school transportation vehicles such as buses and vans.
There was no point in practising social distancing in schools if students were ferried in cramped vehicles, he said.
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