The school year in 2021 will start on Jan 20, a significantly later date than usual.

Education Minister Radzi Jidin said this is to make up for the 2020 year-end school break being cut short and because of the delay in year-end examinations.

"The 2021 school year has to be delayed because examinations and SPM examinations have also been postponed," he said in the Dewan Rakyat today...