Govt taking easy way out by ordering school closures, move not based on Covid-19 data, charges pact’s education committee

Varsity says this was done within 30 days of getting flagged

Programmes offered without Malaysian Qualifications Agency nod make their degrees worthless, foreign students also face visa woes

Move will involve more than 16,000 students from all its campuses, says student affairs office

Change of govt in March 2020 has left education system rudderless, ex-minister says

Extra shutdown period follows extended MCO enforcement in the state
Some were even attending tuition classes since the beginning of the year, they lament

Decision announced alongside imposition of EMCO on several longhouses from April 28 to May 11, says state DMC

No guests or visitors allowed to enter, all physical and co-curricular school activities suspended during the period, says NSC

Switch to PBS will see less comparison and competition, like ‘5A’ is better than ‘4A’, says prof
Decision on Year 6 exam made after obtaining views of more than 1,700 stakeholders nationwide, says education minister
Nine of them are in Kedah, seven in Penang and one in Negri Sembilan
