
Education minister Fadhlina Sidek said the ministry would discuss the proposal and fine-tune details from time to time.
“We will weigh this proposal because it is one of the suggestions we’ve received. Perhaps this can be reviewed because currently, the SPM schedule is during the year-end, when floods typically occur,” she was quoted by Berita Harian as saying.
Yesterday, it was reported that secondary school students in flooded areas have been moved to hostels to ensure they are able to sit for their tests.
Fadhlina had said 5,377 SPM candidates were being evacuated, including 3,111 in Kelantan, 1,734 in Terengganu and 532 in Kedah.
Bernama yesterday quoted Fadhlina as saying the education ministry would proceed with the SPM Malay language oral exam in all flood-affected states as scheduled, until Thursday.
She said the decision was made after advice from the authorities such as the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) and the Malaysian meteorological services department, taking into account forecasts that the northeast monsoon is only expected to end in February.
Former education minister Radzi Jidin yesterday called on the government to hold a second SPM examination session for candidates affected by the floods.
A total of 402,956 SPM candidates will be sitting for their written examination from Jan 2 to Feb 6 next year.
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