An urgent proposal to cancel the second term of schools until the end of the academic year amid coronavirus (Covid-19) concerns has been rejected through a tight vote.
Furthermore, the rejected proposal stated that since there is no second term, the grades obtained by students in the first semester be considered for the academic year.
However, grade 12 students would have had to sit for their examinations.
Eighteen MPs voted against the move, 16 in favour and three abstained.
The proposal was submitted by the Bahrain Bloc led by Parliament’s financial and economic affairs committee chairman Ahmed Al Salloom.
Parliament chairwoman Fouzia Zainal told MPs that she was asked to cancel the sessions by a number MPs due to the illness but she had refused.
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