JERTIH: There is no need to postpone the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Persekohan Malaysia (STPM) examinations because the Education Ministry has a comprehensive mechanism to address the issue of students affected by floods during the current Northeast Monsoon season.
Education director-general Azman Adnan (pic) said that, through the Ops Payung, the Education Ministry is confident the issue involving students sitting for these examinations during the disaster can be properly managed.
"We have implemented mechanisms and are prepared for the monsoon, which occurs almost annually nationwide, particularly in the East Coast states.
"The (exam) schedules have been arranged by considering various matters, including the possibility of floods. If we postpone them, it will affect many other things, including the admission of students to universities,” he said.
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He told reporters this after surveying the clean-up process at the flood-hit Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Bukit Payong in Hulu Besut near here on Monday (Dec 2).
Meanwhile, he said the Education Ministry would identify the damage suffered by 132 flood-hit schools nationwide and that it is waiting for reports from the state education departments.
In a related development, Azman said that, so far, only Sekolah Kebangsaan Tembila in Besut was still water-logged while 28 other flood-hit schools in Terengganu are undergoing post-flood clean-up works. – Bernama
