‘2024 school session unlikely in January’


KUALA LUMPUR: The next school session in 2024 may not begin in January due to several technicalities, says Fadhlina Sidek.

The Education Minister said the proposal to restore the school academic calendar could not be implemented next year as it was necessary to complete various requirements under the Education Act 1996.

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