The scene outside SK Dato’ Onn Jaafar this morning with parents sending their children to school in compliance with the SOPs.
“Their schooling has been stop-start since last year and it has affected their learning,” said Siti Arbiah Miasil before sending her daughter off to Primary 1 at SK Puchong Jaya 2 today. “I believe the students will be safe if they follow all the SOPs set out by the government and education ministry,” the 43-year-old said.On Feb 19, education minister Radzi Jidin announced that preschoolers, Year 1 and 2 students would start school on March 1 while those in Year 3 to 6 would return on March 8.
The senior IT engineer said studying at home for nearly one year had been quite difficult for kids due to the vastly different environment compared with being in school.