SABAH STARTS SCHOOL TODAY FOR SPM, STPM STUDENTS
20 JAN 2021
KOTA KINABALU: total of 51,294 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) students in Sabah return to school for face-to-face learning starting today, said State Education director Datuk Mistirine Radin.
"A total of 33,503 students are candidates who will sit for the SPM examination while the remaining are 17,791 STPM students," she said in a statement, yesterday.
Meanwhile, Mistirine said, Sabah recorded a total of 63,895 students for the school session this year, including 36,174 Year One students, Form One (27,401) and Remove (320).
However, all the students involved will follow the learning session through the teaching and learning at home (PdPR) method starting today due the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commenting on the flood situation in Sabah, Mistirine said, a total of 21 schools in four districts namely Beaufort, Kota Kinabalu, Beluran, and Tuaran were affected by floods following continuous rain since last week.
She said among the schools affected in Beaufort were Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Lago, SK Bangkalalak, SK Suasa, SK Garama, SK Bukau, SK Pekan Membakut, SK Kampung Brunei, SK Mampagar and SK Kebulu.
In Kota Belud, the schools closed are SK Sembirai, SK Kesapang, SK Tamau, SK Pituru, SK Jawi-Jawi, and SK Menunggui while in the other two districts, Beluran and Tuaran, SK Sualok and SK Pekan Tuaran were affected, she said.
According to her, all 4,891 students and 433 teachers in the schools can conduct PdPR to ensure that the learning sessions run as usual according to the schedule. -Bernama
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