KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — Parents and guardians should keep students who are sick out of school when classes resume from June 24.
Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin advised them to be mindful of the Covid-19 pandemic and get medical treatment for their children instead.
“If parents or guardians find your children to be ill or showing symptoms such as fever, cough, flu, sore throat and breathing issues, please do not send them to school. Best to take these children for their health check-up,” he said in announcing the reopening of public schools nationwide in two more weeks.
The ministry previously said classes would resume in batches, with priority given to students sitting for national examinations this year such as for SPM, SPM and their equivalent.
Radzi said there would be new norms for both the staff and students when school reopens, including the recording of temperatures at the entrance by teachers on duty.
“Anyone who records a temperature exceeding 37.5⁰C, or are symptomatic, would not be allowed to enter the school premises.
“After the body temperature checks, students must follow a designated route to their respective classes,” he said.
Schools have been closed since March, when the movement control order was first imposed in Malaysia.
