Fadhlina grateful to be retained as education minister
She has faced numerous calls to resign in the wake of several troubling incidents in schools involving murder, rape and bullying.
She has faced numerous calls to resign in the wake of several troubling incidents in schools involving murder, rape and bullying.
Raub MP Chow Yu Hui also reminds PN rep that more Malay parents are sending their children to these schools due to their academic achievements.
PKR Youth says the independent body should comprise representatives from PTAs, alumni, police, and NGOs.
Its president says safety in schools must go beyond physical security and include the mental and emotional wellbeing of students.
We need an all-of-society involvement and commitment to get this job done.
This follows a spate of widely publicised cases involving bullying in schools, including that of the late Zara Qairina Mahathir.
The prime minister says the government will not compromise when it comes to physical and psychological abuse.
Alor Setar MP Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden says unlike Fadhlina Sidek, Mara chairman Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has been firm in dealing with bullying at MRSMs.
The education ministry wants to instil the practice of reading newspapers in schools.