MOE: Schools will open as planned


Back to school: Noorazlina Adnan, 41, helping her son Fakri Aimansyah, seven, to get his schoolbag ready at her house in Rawang, Selangor, ahead of the start of the new school session this year. Looking on is her daughter Noor Adawiyah, four. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Schools will reopen on Jan 20 as scheduled despite the extension of the recovery movement control order to March 31, says the Education Ministry.

According to the ministry, all educational institutions under the purview of the ministry, registered private education institutions and international schools will follow the 2021 school term calendar as stated by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in his New Year’s Day message.

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