JOHOR BARU: The worsening haze situation in Johor has led to the closure of over 300 schools and kindergartens in Muar, Tangkak and Pontian, affecting about 90,000 students after the Air Pollutant Index (API) reached very unhealthy levels.
State Education Department director Azman Adnan said the Education Ministry stated that if the API reading was more than 200, all schools in the area or district should be closed down immediately.
“For principals, headmasters and teachers, they must be present at schools as usual and carry out their duties in line with the ministry’s guidelines on managing lessons and learning due to disasters,” he said in a statement here yesterday. State Health, Culture and Heritage Committee chairman Mohd Khuzzan Abu Bakar said a mobile centre has been set up in Tangkak as the API reading has already surpassed very unhealthy levels.
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