JELI, July 12 — All Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students who survived last month’s fatal bus crash in Gerik have since resumed classes, though the majority are doing so online.
Only three students are attending classes at the main Tanjung Malim, Perak campus, Bernama reported Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir saying today.
“Several others are still undergoing treatment but are continuing their studies online. None of the injured students have deferred their studies,” he was quoted telling reporters after officiating the Jeli Umno division delegates meeting here.
Zambry also confirmed that all the injured students have been discharged from hospital.
“The last injured student was discharged on July 8 from Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu. Three have since resumed their studies on campus, while the rest are attending classes online,” he was quoted as saying.
The crash involved a chartered bus ferrying UPSI students and a Perodua Alza along the Gerik-Jeli route in the early hours of the morning on June 9.
The students were returning from Jertih in Terengganu to their Perak campus after the Aidiladha holidays.
Fifteen students were killed while another 33 people sustained injuries, including the bus driver and attendant, as well as the Perodua Alza’s driver and three passengers.
