LAHAD DATU, March 11- Fifty-four schools — five in Lahad Datu and 49 in Semporna — resume lessons today after police deemed the situation in the area to be safe and under control. Lahad Datu Police Chief Supt Shamsuddin Mat said the five schools in Lahad Datu are Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tambisan, SK Sahabat 16, SK Sahabat 4, SK Cenderawasih and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Desa Kencana.
“Three schools remain closed in Lahad Datu because they are situated in the red zone. They are SK Lok Buani, SK Fajar Harapan and SK Tanjung Labian,” he said when contacted by Bernama here.
A survey by Bernama to SK Sahabat 4, here, found student attendance was low as many parents were still unaware that schools had reopened.
“About 80 students and 10 teachers were present today,” said SK Sahabat 4 senior assistant 1 Mohamad Ostad Ulang, who added that the school has 373 students and 29 teachers.
It was also the same in SEMPORNA, where only 200 pupils attended Sekolah Kebangsaan Simunul’s morning session today.
The school’s headmistress, Sarudah Arun said, the school which has 1,321 pupils has a morning and evening session. The schools were closed since March 4 after an ambush in Kampung Simunul on March 2 which took the lives of six policemen and six intruders.
Following that, Sarudah said 30 out of 81 teachers requested for replacement leave to return to their hometowns.
BERNAMA
