KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 ― Students from non-examination classes who went home for the Chinese New Year holiday are not allowed to return to their hostel, but to continue their lessons through home-based teaching and learning .
“We will continue to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures in boarding schools, in particular, can be improved. The Education Ministry has also stepped up monitoring in schools to ensure all SOPs can be complied with and can reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection,” he said in a video which was uploaded on his Facebook page.
“In total, there are 303 clusters nationwide and from these clusters, 100 clusters or 33 per cent involve educational institutions under MoE, while 86 clusters or 28.38 per cent involve institutions not under the MoE. According to him, out of 96 clusters involving institutions under the MoE, a total of 84 clusters involved boarding institutions, comprising 76 clusters from hostels and eight clusters from fully-residential institutions.