KUALA TERENGGANU, 1 Jan 2017:
A total of 20,631 Year One pupils started their new school session for 2018 academic year at 352 primary schools throughout Terengganu today.
State Education Department director Shafruddin Ali Hussin said of the total, 10,370 were girls while 10,261 were male students.
“As for Form One, a total of 19,759 pupils have registered at 150 secondary schools this morning.
“Thankfully everything went smoothly on the first day of school though it rained in several areas since last night.”
Currently there are 489 pre-school teachers, 11,632 primary school teachers and 10,462 secondary teachers in the state.
A total of 30,409 pupils registered for Year One in Kedah for the 2018 session.
Kedah State Education Communications and Registration Unit head Abdullah Abdul Manaf said 8,361 pupils were registered in Kuala Muda/Yan district, Kota Setar district (5,799), Kulim/Bandar Baharu (5,080), Kubang Pasu (3,471), Baling/Sik (3,290), Langkawi (1,678), Pendang (1,626) while there were 1,104 pupils in Padang Terap.
– Bernama