Schools in Malaysia to close early in 2020 due to Covid-19

Schools in Malaysia will close from Monday (Nov 9), the education ministry announced on Sunday.

The last day of the school year in Kedah, Johor, Kelantan and Terengganu was supposed to be on Dec 17, and Dec 18 for other states.

Education Minister Dr Radzi Jidin said the decision to close schools earlier was taken following the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in all states in the peninsula, except Kelantan, Pahang and Perlis, which will be effective from Monday until Dec 6. 

“The move is taken to assist efforts by the government to break the chain of COVID-19 infection.

“In accordance with the school academic calendar for 2021 that was announced earlier, the school term will start on Jan 20, 2021. All primary school students will start face-to-face learning on that date," he told a press conference on Sunday.

Radzi said students in Form One, Form Four, Form Five and Form Six, as well as those in vocational colleges, will also begin face-to-face learning on the same date.

Students in Form Two and Form Three would also start on the same date, but with home-based learning. They will only return to school on Mar 8, 2021 for face-to-face classes.

Radzi said Form Two and Form Three students' classrooms would be used to accommodate Form Five students, who will sit for the 2020 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, which begins on Feb 22, 2021.

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