KOTA BARU: The start of the school session may be brought forward by one week next year, says Education director-general Datuk Pkharuddin Ghazali.
"We understand the wishes of the community, parents and perhaps some teachers who want the school session to start in January due to certain factors.
Pkharuddin also said the Education Ministry is in the process of distributing 50,000 laptops to all schools nationwide to facilitate learning using digital textbooks. "We are in the process of procuring the laptops before distributing them to all schools," he told reporters after inspecting the first day of school for the 2023/2024 session at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Hwa, here on Sunday .
Elaborating, Pkharuddin said the use of digital textbooks required suitable electronic devices, adding that the ministry had produced over 70% of digital textbooks since the initiative was introduced in 2021.
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