Students hardly suppress their excitement as they return to school after being homebound for so long
Updated 4 years ago · Published on 17 Jan 2022 10:50PM
Muhammad Nur Amirul Asyimi Mohd Fadzli sets aside textbooks damaged by floodwaters at his house in Kg Sri Tanjung Dengkil before the school session begins. - AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022
by The Vibes Visuals Team
KUALA LUMPUR – The reopening of schools last week was a relief to parents after more than a year of their children being homebound.
However, not all parents could drop their children off at school, especially those who were stricken by the massive floods that wreaked havoc throughout the Klang Valley.
The floods that hit Selangor saw Taman Sri Muda in Shah Alam losing an incalculable amount of equipment and school supplies in the blink of an eye.
Despite the carnage and despair, the reopening of schools had been long-awaited by students after they were forced to switch to home-based learning (PdPR) by the pandemic, preventing them from seeing their friends.
Their attendance in school, despite not being able to wear full school uniforms, proved uplifting to spirits, with everyone being able to meet each other face-to-face.
The Vibes shutterbugs, AZIM RAHMAN and SYEDA IMRAN, were on the ground to capture the first day of the 2022 school term last week. – The Vibes, January 17, 2022
Students sift through the wreckage, evaluating the floods’ damage to schooling items such as uniforms, bags and textbooks. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022Siti Nurkhadijah Hasih hangs her son’s school uniform to dry in preparation for the reopening of schools. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022Children trying out new school uniforms for the 2022 school session as their parents watch on. – SYEDA IMRAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022An excited school student is delighted after getting a new school uniform, giving her parents a thumbs up. – SYEDA IMRAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022A student at SK Dengkil who was affected by the floods understandably did not don his uniform and wore slippers to school on the first day. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022Most of the SK Dengkil students affected by the floods were only able to wear what they could salvage from the floods on the first day of school. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022As a compassionate gesture, the Education Ministry allowed students affected by the floods not to wear uniforms. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022The reopening of schools in 2022 will also provide much relief to school van and bus operators, who lost quite bit of income during the pandemic. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022Despite the challenging circumstances, traditions endure as students ask for their parent’s blessings before they head off to school. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, January 17, 2022
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