He said the ministry was looking into the most suitable approach related to PT3 by taking into account the level of mastery of students during the ongoing 2021 school session.

“There has been no official decision by the ministry on PT3,” he told the media after attending the launching of Sekolahku Sejahtera here today.

Previously, there was a statement posted on the Malaysian Examination Board (LPM) Facebook account, claiming that the PT3 examination for the 2022 session will be held from October to November.

A check later found that the post had been deleted.

On another matter, Radzi said the ministry would hold discussions with the Election Commission (EC) tomorrow on the use of secondary schools in Johor as polling centres in the Johor state elections to ensure the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination runs smoothly.

A total of 151 secondary schools will be used as polling centres for the state elections on March 12, while the SPM examination is scheduled to be held from March 2 to 29.

“Prior to this, preliminary discussions have been held. We are working closely with the EC to ensure that the SPM examination runs smoothly,” he said.

“If we have to use the schools, we have an approach on how to go about it, but we’ll try to avoid it because there is not much time.

“Only Sundays are available (to rearrange tables and chairs).

“The tables (in examination halls) have been carefully arranged and this took a long time.

“If there is any disruption to the arrangement, we’ll need to rearrange them again in one day, which is not easy,” Radzi said.

On the issue of heavy school bags which has become a hot topic recently, Radzi said the ministry was studying the matter and had identified several causes, including the number of subjects, thick textbooks and students bringing extra books.

“We at the ministry are formulating what is the best approach because it has been dragging on for so long.

“This issue will be resolved once and for all by detailing several approaches,” he said.