TAMPIN – The Education Ministry is discussing with the Health Ministry on allowing Form 5 students to attend school without rotation.
Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin said this follows the increase in the vaccination rate of Form 5 students, which saw 371,696 of them, or 97%, receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, while 57.9% (142,655 students) have completed the vaccination.
“Students have started returning to school and the standard operating procedures have been implemented well. However, we may consider allowing some groups of students (to attend physical classes) on a non-rotational basis.
“Maybe we can start with Form 5 students, as has been done for students sitting the STPM exams,” he told reporters after visiting SK Tengku Zainun in Tampin today.
Meanwhile, Radzi said a total of 339,951 students were allowed to attend physical classes in the states that have moved into Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), namely Negri Sembilan, Labuan, and Langkawi, beginning yesterday and today.
The Education Ministry had previously announced that schools in states that have Phase 4 of the NRP will be reopened involving Level 1 (Year 1, 2, and 3) primary school students, as well as Form 3 and Form 4 students in secondary schools on November 1.
Attendance for Level 2 (Year 4, 5, and 6) primary school students, as well as those in remove classes, Form 1 and Form 2 for secondary school students, will begin on November 8.
In the meantime, Radzi said the implementation of rotational face-to-face classes and home based teaching and learning sessions is running smoothly so far.
He said through home-based sessions, teachers would inform students about the preparations that needed to be done before attending face-to-face classes the following week.
“When students come to school the following week, teachers will look at which topic their students failed to understand during home-based sessions and help them with that,” he said. – Bernama, October 18, 2021
