No decision yet on CMCO

PUTRAJAYA: The public will be informed if the conditional movement control order (MCO), which ends on Tuesday, will be extended or lifted, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

109,617 school-leavers offered a spot in public higher learning institutions

PETALING JAYA: A total of 109,617 school-leavers who completed Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) last year have been offered a spot in public universities, teachers’ training institutes (IPG), matriculation colleges, polytechnics, community colleges, public skills training institutes (ILKA) and University Teknologi Mara’s (UiTM) architecture degree for the 2020/2021 academic session.

No directives yet for teachers to report for duty, says Ismail Sabri

PUTRAJAYA: The Education Ministry has yet to instruct teachers to be back on duty, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

All taska can open their doors again

PETALING JAYA: Childcare centres (taska) can now resume operations during the conditional movement control order (MCO), bringing relief to working parents everywhere.

IPTS: Not feasible for us to lower fees

PETALING JAYA: Despite calls by students to lower the fees, private higher education institutions (IPTS) say it is not feasible for them to do so, noting that there has been no substantial drop in operating costs.

Senegal postpones school restart after teachers test positive for COVID-19

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal has postponed the restart of schools until further notice after several teachers tested positive for the new coronavirus, the education ministry said late on Monday.

Remaining 6,696 childcare centres get green light to reopen from June 2 (updated)

PETALING JAYA: All 7,000 registered childcare centres (taska) can operate starting Tuesday (June 2), says Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

The learning curb: We need to collectively bridge the digital divide

Sasbadi secures RM3.9mil contract

KUALA LUMPUR: Sasbadi Holdings Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Sasbadi Sdn Bhd (SSB), has secured a RM3.9mil contract to publish, translate, print and supply two textbook packages for Form 5 subjects from the Education Ministry (MoE).

South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa partly lifted a two month-old coronavirus lockdown on Monday, letting people outside for work, worship, exercise or shopping, and allowing mines and factories to run at full capacity to try to revive the economy.