KEMAMAN, Dec 27 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the new school session which should start on Jan 1 could be postponed until the flood waters had subsided for schools that had been turned into relief centres for flood evacuees.
He said the postponement only involved schools that were hit by floods and those which had been turned into flood evacuation centres.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said postponement of the new school session would not involve schools that were safe from the natural disaster.
"Schools that are used as relief centres for flood evacuees don't have to open early (on Jan 1), one or two days later is okay.
"When the flood waters subside, the affected schools can reopen while schools that are not affected by floods will reopen as usual," he said.
The deputy prime minister was speaking before several flood victims accommodated at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Bukit Mentok, near here, Thursday.
Muhyiddin who also surveyed the flood situation in the area, was accompanied by his wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said and wife Toh Puan Norliza Mahmud, and Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, who is also the Kemaman MP.
Also present were Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Datuk Noriah Kasnon and Malaysian Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin.
There were 5,879 flood evacuees from 1,365 families at SMK Bukit Mentok alone.
Muhyiddin said the ministry also left it to all the state education directors to decide on postponing the start of the new school session.
"We have asked them to make their own decision on this, depending on the situation," he said.
He said the postponement only involved schools that were hit by floods and those which had been turned into flood evacuation centres.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said postponement of the new school session would not involve schools that were safe from the natural disaster.
"Schools that are used as relief centres for flood evacuees don't have to open early (on Jan 1), one or two days later is okay.
"When the flood waters subside, the affected schools can reopen while schools that are not affected by floods will reopen as usual," he said.
The deputy prime minister was speaking before several flood victims accommodated at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Bukit Mentok, near here, Thursday.
Muhyiddin who also surveyed the flood situation in the area, was accompanied by his wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said and wife Toh Puan Norliza Mahmud, and Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, who is also the Kemaman MP.
Also present were Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Datuk Noriah Kasnon and Malaysian Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin.
There were 5,879 flood evacuees from 1,365 families at SMK Bukit Mentok alone.
Muhyiddin said the ministry also left it to all the state education directors to decide on postponing the start of the new school session.
"We have asked them to make their own decision on this, depending on the situation," he said.
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