2023 school calendar commencing March to remain as scheduled

The 2023 school academic calendar which runs from March will remain as scheduled after taking into account various factors, said Senior Education Minister Mohd Radzi Jidin.

He said several factors were taken into consideration in preparing the school calendar including the possibility of floods in the East Coast states at the end of the year following the northeast monsoon and the long interval before students could resume their studies after the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.

"Floods do occur in other months as well, that cannot be...