Students sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in Kuala Krai, Kelantan have expressed their concerns over the impending flood disaster in the state just a mere 3 days before the examination is scheduled to start.
As reported by national news agency Bernama, several SPM candidates in Kuala Krai asserted how their concentration have been compromised given the worsening flood situation in Kelantan. A Form 5 student from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Kuala Krai, Mohd Nasrul Ashraf Mohd Nawi said he could not focus on his studies as he was worried that his home would be flooded and made it difficult for him to take the exam.
Nasrul commented,
“My focus is a bit disturbed at the moment thinking about what will happen if this heavy rain does not subside because the area around my house is flood-prone. I sympathise with my friends and their families who have been ordered to evacuate to temporary flood relief centres,”
Meanwhile, a fellow student, Aiman Haikal Faizul Hakim from SMK Sultan Yahya Petra 1 shared the same sentiment and said that he would ask for his teacher’s help to allow him to stay at a school dormitory if his house was flooded. Aiman shared,
“There is no other way for me to do except to ask permission to stay at the hostel because I do not want to miss the SPM examination,”
Even parents of SPM students are restless given the worsening flood situation, including Mohammad Yusri Mohd Yamin who shared how worried he is for his son’s studies being affected by the flood, especially given how important SPM is in setting a course for his son’s future. Yusri stressed,
“If heavy rain continues, I will look for other ways to take my son to school because the usual route might be impassable (due to floods),”
Delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 SPM examination is set to take place from 2 until 29 March 2022. More than 400,000 candidates are scheduled to take the exam nationwide.
