THE school reopening management guidelines will be distributed tomorrow (May 4) to allow schools and teachers to make appropriate preparations, said Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin.

He said detailed guidelines for the movement of students in the school compound, from the time they arrived until they leave for home, were formulated in collaboration with the Health Ministry (MOH) and the National Security Council (MKN).

“We issued these guidelines to see which methods need to be done in the context of school reopening and proper preparations to ensure that whenever we announce the date, they will be ready.

“The ministry has always discussed room for improvement in schools… what’s important is for everyone to play a role in the management of the school, teachers and parents, for example, if the child has symptoms then the child should stay at home,” he said.

Radzi said this to Bernama after a visit to see the preparations for school reopening at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Engku Husain, Semenyih, yesterday.

Also present were director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, MKN director-general Mohd Rabin Basir and director-general of education Habibah Abdul Rahim.

Radzi said the state education department and the district education offices will play important roles in monitoring schools to ensure compliance with the guidelines set.

“I will also stop by at schools to see the implementation of the guidelines and we are confident that the school management and teachers will assist the ministry in implementing these guidelines,” he said.

Meanwhile, he said parents should not worry about sending their children to school, but they should play a part in educating their children to regularly practice social distancing.

Asked on a date for the school session to reopen, he said there is no set date yet and he is working closely with MOH and MKN to decide on the matter.

“Once the MOH and MKN feel it is time to reopen schools then we will make an announcement two weeks prior to the date… thus far, we have yet to set a date for school reopening,” he said.

He said the move will only involve Form Five and Six students in nearly 3,000 secondary schools nationwide. – Bernama, June 3, 2020.