KUALA KRAI: A total of 95 students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Keroh here were ferried by boats from the Civil Defence Force (APM) and the police to cross the Kuala Nal River today. Kuala Krai District Civil Defence Officer Kapt Abd Fatah Abd Aziz said all Form 1 to Form 3 students residing at the school hostel will be allowed to return home following the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination which begins tomorrow.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the operation was carried out at 12.47 pm to bring the students home in Kampung Pasir Kelang who had to cross the Kuala Nal River using two APM boats and a police boat. All of them reached their respective homes safely at 3.40 pm today, as confirmed by Abd Fatah. Elaborating further, Abd Fatah mentioned that his team also transported two SPM students from Kampung Ladang Taku using a boat at 10.47 am to ensure they could cross the Kuala Nal River.

He said the students were sent to SMK Sultan Yahya Petra 1 to sit for the SPM 2024 Malay language spea
king test, which is scheduled to start from tomorrow till Thursday. Earlier, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek announced that all SPM candidates affected by the floods would be accommodated in dormitories or shifted to alternative examination centres to ensure they can sit for the exams according to the set schedule.

A total of 5,377 SPM candidates were identified as affected by the floods, with 3,111 candidates in Kelantan, 1,734 candidates in Terengganu, and 532 candidates in Kedah.