ALOR STAR: Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) candidates at two schools in Kedah will sit for the examination at their respective schools despite both being affected by the floods.
It is learnt both schools were under just above ankle deep water following heavy rain that hit the state since Friday morning.
State Education Committee chairman Datuk Tajul Urus Mat Zain said the situation at both schools was still manageable and therefore the examination centres there would be maintained.
The two affected schools are SMK Bedong and SMK Dato Bijaya Setia, both in the Kuala Muda district.
He said the state Education Department was closely monitoring the situation.
“We have decided that the two examination centres will not be moved elsewhere. Candidates at both schools will sit for the examination at the schools,” he said in a statement.
Tajul said he would chair a meeting on the flood situation with other officials from the department this evening to decide on the next course of action.
Meawhile the Kedah Civil Defence Force (APM) in a statement said a total of 1,052 people were moved to 24 evacuation centres in three districts in Kedah this afternoon.
Its director Lt. Kol. Mohd Zul Khairi Shamsuddin said 12 of the centres were in Kuala Muda, four in Yan and eight in Kulim.
He said the affected areas include Kampung Teroi, Kampung Lubok Boi and Kampung Perigi in Yan, Kampung Naga Lilit, Taman Kancil, Taman Selasih and Taman Saga in Kulim.
The affected areas in Sungai Petani include Kampung Segantang Garam, Bedong, Sungai Pair and Padang Temusu.