{"id":11380,"date":"2021-09-08T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11380"},"modified":"2021-09-08T10:58:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:58:01","slug":"driving-schools-allowed-to-operate-from-sept-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11380","title":{"rendered":"Driving schools allowed to operate from Sept 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 8 — Motor vehicle driving institutes (ILP) nationwide are allowed to operate from Sept 9 under the National Recovery Plan (NRP) by appointment, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While\u00a0the ILP would be permitted to operate from Sept 9, the examination process to obtain the driving licenses\u00a0would only begin on Sept 17, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is to allow the driving institutes and the Road Transport Department (JPJ) to manage any arising issues that the candidates may face,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wee said the permission as approved by the National Security Council (MKN) was subject to full adherence to the current standard operating procedures (SOP) under the NRP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the employees, teaching staff and candidates must be fully vaccinated, verifiable with the COVID-19 Digital Vaccination Certificate and identification card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wee said the driving\u00a0institutes were permitted to operate based on the percentage of employees that had\u00a0been vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“If 40 percent\u00a0of an ILP\u2019s employees have been vaccinated, it may operate at 60 percent\u00a0of the current staffing. If\u00a060 percent have\u00a0been vaccinated, it may operate with 80 percent of its staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“An ILP may operate with 100 percent staffing if 80 percent\u00a0of its\u00a0staff have been vaccinated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStaff or candidates with symptoms, persons residing in the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) areas, persons under surveillance (PUS), and persons under quarantine are not allowed to come to the ILP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll staff and candidates must comply with the health protocols stipulated by the Health Ministry and new norms such as checking of body temperature, checking in with MySejahtera, maintaining physical distancing,\u00a0wearing\u00a0a face mask,\u00a0and using hand sanitizer,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In understanding and acknowledging the difficulties faced by the ILP during the COVID-19 pandemic, Wee said the Ministry of Transport would grant a three-month moratorium until Nov 30 on the renewal of ILP operators’ permits that expired between January and September this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the driving institutes begin to operate once again, we hope that this decision would bring relief to the operators, teaching staff,\u00a0and the public that need their\u00a0services,\u201d he said while reminding\u00a0that any violation of the associated SOPs could result in action taken under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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