Penang sees 5% increase in Year One enrolment


Fun activity: Teacher Nur Asyikin Mohamad conducting an interaction session with her students on the first day of school at SM Haji Ahmad Badawi. —ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

KEPALA BATAS: The number of seven-year-olds going to school for the first time in Penang this year is up nearly 5% from last year.

State Education Department director Abdul Said Hussain said the enrolment for the 2024-2025 academic session of Year One pupils was 21,053, compared to 20,828 in the previous year.

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