IPOH, April 6 -- The Ministry of Education (MoE) has ordered all Teacher Education Institute (IPG) campuses to temporarily suspend water and adventure activities following a drowning incident involving two students from the institute.

Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said the directive is effective immediately until further notice, according to a Bernama report today. 

"This is an immediate action to ensure that the parents of our IPG students remain calm and that the MoE can respond promptly," he said at a press conference after handing over new buses to Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Raja Permaisuri Bainun here today.

Last Saturday, two students from IPG Perlis, Christopher Ling Jia Siang, 21, and Joey Ling Lin Siang, 2...