Education Ministry hopes classrooms reserved for SPM exams will not be used as polling stations


Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin. – Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: The Education Ministry will hold a discussion with the Election Commission (EC) not to use classrooms reserved for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exam as polling stations in the Johor election on March 12.

Senior Minister (Education) Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin said the Ministry agreed with the EC's need to use 151 secondary schools in Johor as polling centres but urged prudent use of classrooms so as not to disrupt the SPM exams scheduled to take place from March 2 to 29.

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