Mixed views about sending kids to school


Keeping clean: A worker disinfecting the entrance to SK Presint 8 (1) in Putrajaya after the school was instructed to close for eight days from Oct 9-16. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: Instead of fretting over the unpredictable nature of Covid-19, some parents are looking on the bright side as they find a silver lining in sending their children to school.

Mother of two Priya Krishnan, 40, said of the 38 pupils in her daughter’s Year Three class, only about 10 turned up.

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