A thick blanket of haze shrouds Kuching. The Ministry of Education announced that the UPSR examination will not be rescheduled even if the Air Pollutant Index exceeds 200 next week in the state. — Bernama pic
Kho urged the ministry to take more serious precautionary efforts instead of just providing face masks to school children, if UPSR examination is not rescheduled. She suggested that schools in haze-affected areas should be closed immediately should the API reading exceeds 200, in accordance with the ministry’s standard operating procedure.
“I would like to inquire if the face masks distributed to Sarawak schools today are respirators that will protect the students wearing them from harmful dust,” she said.
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