PUTRAJAYA – The Ministry of Education (MOE) will not punish students who are absent from school because of their parents’ concerns over the Covid-19 situation, said the Senior Education Minister, Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin.
However, the parents would need to inform the schools in advance.
“We have never penalised students who didn’t want to go to school if they felt unsafe to do so. However, parents must write a letter to inform and give a proper reason. We (the schools) must have proper recordings,” he said during a news conference today.
Radzi, advised parents against sending their children with symptoms to school besides that, parents under quarantine must also not send children under their care to school.
He said, parents must also remind their children to comply with the stipulated standard operating procedures (SOP) to avoid Covid-19 infection in school.
Commenting on the after school dispersal process, Radzi said that generally, the SOP for primary school students is easy to comply but the MOE is facing a challenge when it comes to secondary school students.
“Our challenge is in when students gather in car, motorcycle and bicycle parking areas and when they exit the school in groups.
“The MOE will always monitor any report on SOP non-compliance from time to time by going to the schools concerned,” he said.
To date, he said, 90 schools had adopted the rotation session to ensure the dispersal SOP and physical distancing between students could be complied with. -BERNAMA
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