Some 400,000 students sit for the SPM exams annually.
“He will have online tuition for his core subjects but for Additional Mathematics, it will be face-to-face sessions.Deepa Pasupathy has also ramped up her son’s tuition classes and signed him up for seminars. “We don’t understand the rationale behind this decision because if safety is a concern, then the ministry should not have allowed the students to return to schools in the first place.“According to feedback from our members, attendance of the students is at 70% since they were allowed back in school on Jan 20.
Education director-general Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim explained in the ministry’s circular dated Feb 4 that the move was to give candidates a break for Chinese New Year and to give them time to study before their exams kick off on Feb 22.