PUTRAJAYA, Sept 12 — Schools will reopen in stages on October 3 according to the phase they are in under the National Recovery Plan (NRP), Senior Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Radzi Jidin said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) has proposed that the government set up special vaccination centres (PPV) for school children only.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Due to highly infectious Delta variant evading immunity, children could be at great risk through the reopening of schools scheduled in September, according to a think-tank group.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — The Education Ministry (MOE) has proposed to the National Security Council (MKN) that students in examination classes be allowed to return to school earlier than phase three of the National Recovery Plan.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — All schools under the Ministry of Education (MOE) in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya will be closed on May 6 and 7.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has urged the Minister of Education to take action against the teacher who verbally abused his female student through the use of inappropriate and obscene language.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, today expressed concern over the continuous upward trend in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country, which has now reached over 3,000 positive cases daily.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) is conducting an in-depth investigation into the allegation of a female student that went viral on social media claiming that her school teacher had made rape jokes during class.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — A total 43 schools in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan were ordered to close temporarily starting today and tomorrow following the proliferation of Covid-19 cases among students and staff.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Another 17 schools were ordered to close as there were Covid-19 cases detected in the schools concerned.

KUALA SELANGOR, April 23 — The special committee to control the spread of Covid-19 in schools in Selangor is waiting for guidelines from the Ministry of Education (MOE) on the benchmark that will allow schools to close if infections occur.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — The National Parents-Teacher Associations Consultative Council (PIBGN) has suggested that the Ministry of Education (MOE) turns district education offices (PPDs) into 'one-stop centres' in addressing problems related to home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) and DidikTV KPM.

JOHOR BAHRU, April 21 — A total of 27 schools in Johor had to be closed after Covid-19 positive cases were detected among staff, pupils and students.

KOTA BHARU, April 20 — A total of 259 or 56 per cent out of the 464 individuals who tested positive for Covid-19 in Kelantan between April 3 and 16 were secondary students, according to the State Health director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin.

TANGKAK, April 19 — Any decision with regards to the closure of schools is made based on the joint assessment by the District Health Office (PKD), Education Ministry (MOE) and the state government, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — The completion of the Computer Science paper yesterday marked the end of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination, which had been delayed since last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — Schools have been asked to carry out assessment and observation on the students’ performance following physical school reopening involving almost five million students in 10,223 schools nationwide next month.

KUALA LUMPUR Feb 23 — A discussion between the National Security Council (NSC) and the Education Ministry (MOE) on giving relaxation to parents on interstate and inter-district travel to send their children to school will be held tomorrow, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — The 401,105 candidates sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 will go down in history as the first batch of fifth formers to sit for the much-delayed public examination in the new norm, as the country was laid low by the coronavirus pandemic.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 24 — Ten more primary schools in the district have been ordered to close for seven days from today until January 30 following findings that individuals who were Covid-19 positive had been to all them.