KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will begin reopening schools from June 24, its education minister said on Wednesday , as the country enters recovery mode after three months of strict curbs on movement and businesses to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Schools will be reopened in stages, beginning with students facing public examinations and equivalent international school examinations this year, Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said.The reopening of these classes will involve some 500,000 students at 2,440 schools, said Mr Mohd Radzi in a live televised broadcast.
He said the ministry’s decision to allow schools to resume was based on advice of the National Security Council and the Health Ministry.