New guidelines for school operations to be announced this month

 

Education minister Radzi Md Jidin talking to Year 5 pupil Khalish Rifaie Abdullah during his visit to Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Ketereh in Kota Bharu today. (Bernama pic)

KOTA BHARU: The Guidelines for School Management and Operation 4.0, currently in the fine-tuning stage, will be announced this month.

Education minister Radzi Md Jidin said the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the guidelines would take into account the views of all quarters, including the health ministry, to ensure the safety of teachers and students and protect them from Covid-19.

The SOPs also cover co-curricular activities, which were only allowed to be held in the school compound previously, he told reporters after inspecting the first day of school operations without the rotation system at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Ketereh here today.

Meanwhile, Radzi said hostel students who were close contacts of Covid-19 patients, but were asymptomatic, did not need to undergo self-quarantine and could attend classes as usual.

“We hope teachers, parents and students will always abide by all the SOPs set by the government so that students can attend classes for face-to-face learning without having to go through the rotation system again,” he said.

A total of 130,177 students from Group A, involving Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Johor, started their face-to-face school session today without the rotation system. - FMT