89 SPM candidates stranded due to floods
The Johor floods worsened on Wednesday.
State Education, Information and Communication committee chairman Norliza Noh said the stranded students were involved in seven examination centres in Segamat and one in Kulai.
"The candidates in Segamat were in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tenang Stesen, SMK Bandar Putra, SMK Tinggi, SMK Gemereh, SMK LKTP Pemanis, SMK Dato Bentara Dalam and SMK Labis Segamat.
"SMK Taman Putri was affected in Kulai. The examination today involved the Science and Physics subjects with SRT (home sciences) exams taking place in the evening," she said in a statement today.
She said some examination centres in Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru, Kluang, Batu Pahat and Kota Tinggi were affected by floods causing a delay in the exams for SPM candidates and were forced to be taken in another exam centre.
"127 SPM candidates in the Kota Tinggi District were placed in other examination centres that were SMK Laksamana, SMK Tun Habab, SMK Agama and SMK Bandar," she said.
Norliza explained the district education office (PPD) is monitoring new developments involving the safety of candidates at all examination centres in the state.
