Cabins are to be used as temporary classrooms at a school in Tamparuli where a block of classrooms collapsed following a mudslide yesterday, Sabah education director Jame Alip said today.

He said the cabins would be set up in an open area around Sekolah Kebangsaan Bawang to enable the pupils to attend class.

Only one of the two blocks of classrooms at the school could be used following the mudslide, he told reporters after taking a look at the collapsed block.

“The state education department has applied to the Education Ministry for a financial allocation to build the cabins,” he said.

Jame said the mudslide occurred at about 10am but the pupils attending classes at the block managed to run out after being alerted by the school guard.

 

However, he said, the school, which has 124 pupils and 19 teachers, had to be closed temporarily to ensure stability of the area.  

“As a long-term measure, the school has to be relocated as the soft ground poses a danger to the pupils,” he said.

Jame also said that five schools in the state, involving 518 pupils and 70 teachers, remained closed due to floods and related incidents.

The four other schools were SK Kesapong and SK Pitoru in Kota Belud, SK Litang in Kinabatangan and SJK (C) Sin Boon in Sipitang, he added.

- Bernama