Three more schools ordered to close in Perak
BAGAN SERAI: Three schools in Perak have been ordered to close for seven days from yesterday due to the Covid-19 infection among their students.
State Education, Human Capital Development, NGO and Civil Society Committee chairman Razman Zakaria listed the schools as Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tanah Kebun in Parit Buntar, SK Klebang Jaya and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Aminuddin Baki, Chemor, both in Ipoh.
He said he was informed about the Covid-19 positive cases involving students of the affected schools last Friday (October 16).
“The letter ordering the schools to close for seven days until October 25 has been issued by the State Education Department and sent to the schools concerned to facilitate and cleaning and disinfection work," he told a press conference here yesterday.
The closure of the three schools brings the number of schools that have been closed in Perak due to the Covid-19 outbreak to four, including SK Lekir Batu 8 in Sitiawan, Manjung, which was ordered to close for seven days since October 14.
Meanwhile, six schools in the Larut, Matang and Selama district were closed for seven days since October for the same reason. They are SMK King Edward VII; SMK (P) Treacher Methodist; SK Convent Kota; SMK Bukit Jana, Kamunting and SK Taman Jana, Kamunting, all in Taiping, as well as SK Ulu Mengkuang, Selama, which open yesterday.
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Simpang Bekoh, Jasin near Melaka has been ordered to close for seven days starting from yesterday following Covid19 cases involving students' parents.
State Executive Councillor in the Chief Minister's Office (Education) Datuk Noor Effandi Ahmad said the closure until October 25 is to enable the Fire and Rescue Department to carry out disinfection works in the school.