{
  "id": 13451932,
  "title": "Pengarah pendidikan negeri tentukan status operasi sekolah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/pengarah-pendidikan-negeri-tentukan-status-operasi-sekolah",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T15:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/10/pengarah-pendidikan-negeri-tentukan-status-operasi-sekolah"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Malaysian Education Ministry has delegated the responsibility of determining school operation status to the state Education Director, following poor air quality. The Ministry instructed the state Director to establish a monitoring committee to track the Air Pollution Index (API) daily. This committee comprises the State Education Department and the District Education Office. Based on information and data from this committee, the state Director will decide whether schools operate normally or through remote teaching and learning at home. According to the Ministry, the state Director will announce closures for schools on Friday and Saturday evenings, and on Sunday mornings, before 2:45 pm. On other days, the Monitoring Committee will announce school status before 5:45 pm based on API readings from the Department of Environment. The Ministry seeks cooperation and care from all parties, especially parents and guardians, regarding announcements made by the state Director through the Ministry's official communication channels, District Education Office, and school communication channels.",
  "summary": "Pengarah akan keluar pengumuman pada Sabtu bagi sekolah yang bercuti pada Jumaat dan Sabtu, dan pada Ahad bagi sekolah yang bercuti pada Sabtu dan Ahad, sebelum pukul 2.45 petang.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pengarah pendidikan negeri tentukan status operasi sekolah",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/pengarah-pendidikan-negeri-tentukan-status-operasi-sekolah-13457869",
        "published": "2026-10-10T15:06:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}