Almost All Students To Attend Classes Without Rotation From March 21

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Education minister Radzi Jidin said all schools must follow Covid-19 SOPs strictly so that teaching can proceed safely and in an organised manner.KUALA LUMPUR: The new school term for the 2022/2023 academic session beginning on March 21 will see almost all students attending classes without rotation, said education minister Radzi Jidin.
Under the rotation system, classes were split into two, with each group taking turns to attend face-to-face teaching and online learning from home.
“When school reopens soon, we hope parents, students, teachers and those involved in education can work together to ensure that Covid-19 SOPs are complied with so that the school session can proceed safely and in an organised manner,” Radzi said in a video shared on his Facebook account today.
He asked parents and guardians who chose not to send their children to school when the school term re-opens to inform the respective school administrators.
He said the children’s absence would not be considered a disciplinary offence.
On the Covid-19 self-screening test for 10% of primary school students, implemented during the previous school term, Radzi said this requirement would be maintained.
The ministry would supply the test kits for the students to do the test at home and report the results to the school.
On the operation of primary schools, Radzi said pupils of public and private schools, including expatriate schools and international schools, with an enrolment of fewer than 600 pupils, were required to attend face-to-face classes, without rotation.
He said in primary schools with an enrolment of more than 600 pupils, the Year 3, 4 and 5 students could attend classes on a rotational basis.
For secondary schools, he said all students would undergo home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) for two weeks, starting March 21.
They will start face-to-face classes without rotation from April 4, except for those in boarding schools.
They included students with special needs, transition classes, Forms One to Six, pre-university students, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) students, international examination students and the equivalent.
Radzi said for secondary boarding schools, the students who will attend school without rotation would include those in Form Two to Six, pre-university students, IBDP or the equivalent. They will be allowed into their hostels starting April 4.
He said Form One students qualified to enter boarding schools can choose either home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) or report to the nearest daily schools.
“This means Form One students, who have been offered boarding schools, must stay at home and attend classes via PdPR or attend nearby schools for face-to-face classes until an announcement on this is made by the ministry,” he said.
According to him, fully residential private schools, with the capacity to fully operate face-face learning, can do so.
For vocational colleges, he said the school session would begin without rotation, according to their respective academic year.
He said for matriculation colleges, all students would attend classes without rotation according to their respective academic calendars.
For those in the four-semester system, students in semester two and semester four will attend classes without rotation.
On school uniforms, Radzi said the ministry would prefer students to wear their school uniform to school.
However, students are also allowed to wear appropriate and decent clothing if their existing school uniform does not fit them any more, he added. - FMT

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