In a statement today, the ministry said 18 schools were still inundated with water, eight had recovered from floods and 87 were being used as evacuation centres.

“The ministry will continue to monitor and update every Wednesday the list of educational institutions that are hit by floods or used as PPS.

“Changes to the list issued by MoE will be subject to the current flood situation,” the statement added.

The list can be accessed via the ministry’s website at https://www.moe.gov.my/.

The ministry added that educational institutions that had been cleaned and were ready to resume operations would do so on Sunday or Monday of the following school week.

Educational institutions under MoE refer to schools, vocational colleges, matriculation colleges and teacher education institutes as well as private schools registered under the ministry.

Schools under Group A will begin the third term of the 2021/2022 school session on Jan 9 while those in Group B will start on Jan 10.