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TASEK GELUGOR: The Ministry of Education will close schools with Covid-19 cases if the infections force large numbers of teachers to be quarantined and affect the efficiency of school operations.
Education Minister Radzi Jidin said that if a case of Covid-19 was detected in a school, the district health office (PKD) would conduct a risk assessment and alert the school accordingly.
Based on the risk assessment, the PKD would tell the school if only some classes, certain floors or buildings, or the entire school should be closed.
“For our part, we look at the operational aspect. The PKD may say that it is not necessary to close a school, but if the majority of teachers need to be quarantined, our analysis may show that operational efficiency will suffer.
“Then the ministry will see if the school can continue to function or should be closed temporarily,” he told reporters after a ceremony to hand over keys to SMK Tasek Gelugor and maintenance funds to 31 schools in the Tasek Gelugor parliamentary constituency here. today.
Previously, the Penang government had suggested that schools with many positive cases of Covid-19 close and instead implement online teaching and learning from home.
Commenting on today’s event, Radzi said that the ministry has always placed great emphasis on the infrastructure and good maintenance of schools.
“A good infrastructure is the main basis for children to learn in a comfortable and nurturing environment, as well as for teachers to teach well,” he added.
However, he said the ministry was aware that problems related to school infrastructure were difficult to solve completely, as it had to pay attention to more than 10,000 schools across the country.
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