20,631 Year One pupils start school in Terengganu today
01 Jan 2018 / 15:11 H.
Students of SK Bukit Sawa, in Marang march towards their classrooms at the start of the new school session for 2018 academic year. — Bernama
KUALA TERENGGANU: 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," he said.
Currently, there are 489 pre-school teachers, 11,632 primary school teachers and 10,462 secondary teachers in the state. — Bernama