KUALA KANGSAR: Five 17-year-old male students were brought before the Kuala Kangsar Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (Oct 29) after a viral video showed them obstructing an ambulance on the North-South Expressway, Sinar Harian reports. The Malay language daily reported that they were charged with riding motorcycles in a manner dangerous to the public at KM249 on...
Many educators say discipline has become nearly impossible. Do kids these days have it too easy? And are parents becoming too protective of their children? For one teacher in Malaysia, the answer is a firm “yes”. To both questions. The teacher was reportedly called in by the school administration after pulling a student’s ear for refusing to complete his homework. She...
JAKARTA: Hundreds of students in Maluku and North Sumatra have reportedly suffered from food poisoning after consuming meals provided through the government's free nutritious meal programme, as President Prabowo Subianto continues to downplay mounting concerns over the initiative’s food safety standards. At least 170 students from fours schools in Kiratu subdistrict, West Seram Regency in Maluku...
PETALING JAYA: Schools should remain a safe environment for learning and not places where past crimes are seemingly overlooked, says a human rights activist. Lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan expressed concern over the recent decision to allow four students accused of gang rape to sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations. Rajesh stressed that the presumption of innocence...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) will hold a dialogue with about 200 primary and secondary school students on Oct 6 to gather their views on the Anti-Bullying Tribunal Bill currently being drafted by the government. Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic) said the session is crucial to obtain a clearer picture of...
KOTA KINABALU: Kota Belud district students preparing to further their tertiary education had their burdens slightly eased with some monetary assistance received from their assemblyman Datuk Ewon Benedick. The Kadamaian assemblyman presented RM500 for each eligible recipient going for their bachelor’s degree and RM300 for those taking up diplomas. A total of RM67,400 was given to 160...
BESUT: Two more Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) students here were arrested in connection with the recent bullying case. According to Sinar Harian, Besut OCPD Supt Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu said that police received a report from a second victim, 14, who claimed to also be a victim in the same bullying case. "The second victim lodged...
MINISTER in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa (pic) has directed the Kuala Lumpur Strike Force to conduct a study and take immediate action against drug abuse, particularly the misuse of vaping devices to distribute illicit substances. She said the threat was concerning, as it had begun to spread among the younger generation,...
US President Donald Trump reiterated his support for Chinese students in America on Thursday and pledged to help them remain in the country after graduation, distancing himself from initiatives that his administration has announced to limit or block international students because of national security concerns. “I’ve always been strongly in favour of it. I think it’s...
WASHINGTON: The news arrived quietly on his mobile phone, that Harvard University has been barred from enrolling international students. This means his ability to finish his degree there, the culmination of a lifetime of work, is now in jeopardy. The student, who declined to give his name given the sensitivities involved, is one of over 150...
