What are plans for SPM students hit by floods, asks MP

What are plans for SPM students hit by floods, asks MP

Teo Nie Ching wants education ministry to reveal what it will do if these students are affected by floods in Kelantan and Terengganu.

Former deputy education minister Teo Nie Ching wants district education departments to be prepared to help SPM students affected by floods. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA:
The education ministry must speed up its action plan for students sitting for their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) paper tomorrow in flood-hit Kelantan and Terengganu.

SPM begins tomorrow and ends on March 29.

Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching said education minister Radzi Jidin had said an action plan was being worked out, but no firm arrangements had been announced yet.

“An action plan is urgently needed so that parents and students affected by the floods are prepared and not worried.

“This also allows students to take their exams with peace of mind as they are uncertain if their examination centres would be shifted elsewhere,” she said in a statement today.

Teo, a former deputy education minister, said 233 SPM candidates would take their exams at three different schools in Kuala Terengganu.

“I sympathise with these students taking the exam during the floods. Some may have been forced to move to flood relief centres.

“I also wonder what the ministry will do for victims whose school materials and clothes are damaged?”

A total of 407,907 candidates are sitting for the SPM.

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