Covid-19: Quarantined SPM, STPM students will be allowed to defer exams, says Education Ministry


PETALING JAYA: Students who are quarantined for Covid-19 or fall sick during the upcoming public examinations will sit for the papers they missed at a later date.

Education director-general Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim said the students, including those categorised as close contacts to a positive case, cannot sit for the paper until they have been confirmed to be healthy.

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