PETALING JAYA: Year One to Year Six pupils in primary schools, as well as those in remove classes and Form One to Form Four students in secondary schools in Perlis, Perak, Penang, Sabah and Kedah will be attending school using a weekly rotation model.

       The Education Ministry said this decision to bring all students back to school was made after monitoring the situation at schools since they resumed face-to-face learning on Oct 3 using the Guidelines for School Management and Operations 3.0.

       “After taking into account these findings as well as the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ministry has decided that the attendance of students this time would not be implemented in stages but would be maintained under the rotation model,” it said in a statement yesterday.However, the ministry also said students in full boarding schools would be resuming face-to-face lessons without using the rotation model and details for admission to the schools would be provided by the schools to parents and guardians at a later date.

       This also applies to all private schools and educational centres registered with the ministry.

       On Monday, the ministry announced that educational institutions under the ministry in Perlis, Perak, Penang, Sabah and Kedah would resume operations on Nov 21 and 22, in accordance with the regulations stipulated under Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan.

       In Kedah, schools will reopen on Nov 21, and on Nov 22 for schools in Perak, Perlis, Penang and Sabah.