Don't hide bullying cases, Education Minister warns schools

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Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has issued a stern warning to principals, school heads, and management teams against concealing incidents of bullying among students.  Addressing questions on Thursday (Jan 2) about a recent report of "commando-style" bullying at a boarding school, Fadhlina stressed that the ministry takes all bullying cases seriously, and urged school authorities to handle complaints properly and in strict compliance with the ministry's established guidelines.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3zwp9uwh  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00About bullying, there's a new issue about the bullying case of Alakumandu.

00:05How did KPN react?

00:07Is Alakumandu in school?

00:09He's in Asrama Penang.

00:11Oh, Asrama Penang. Okay.

00:17Okay, first, I would like to emphasize again that we are not compromising in this bullying issue.

00:25The actions and all the processes related to bullying must go through the procedure that we have established.

00:35So, we ask for this complaint to be made under the Bully Complaint under the Ministry of Education of Malaysia.

00:42And the procedure under the Bully Complaint is more clear because we will inform the complainant about the actions that we have taken.

00:51At the same time, I would like to remind the schools, especially the principal, teachers and administrators,

00:58not to keep this incident a secret.

01:02And we ask for it to be resolved according to the guidelines of the bullying case that we have issued.

01:10And also, in the entire process of giving justice to the parties, especially to the authorities,

01:19this action can be continued.

01:21If there are parties that are not satisfied, it can be continued to the authorities.

01:29At the same time, we would like to remind once again that all actions must comply with the process

01:38and procedures that we have established under the guidelines of the bullying that has been issued by the Ministry of Education of Malaysia.

01:47How specific is the development of the case?

01:51We have accepted it. It is in the investigation process at the Ministry of Education of Malaysia for further action.

01:59But we ask for the understanding from the public that it must be reported and there must be an investigation.

02:13So, if the complaint is made directly to the bullying case under the Ministry of Education of Malaysia,

02:20the actions will be seen clearly.

02:24So, does it mean that it does not need to go through the school?

02:28The school must take action based on the guidelines.

02:32At the same time, it must also be reported to the Ministry of Education of Malaysia

02:38to get further explanation regarding the actions taken.

02:45We have our process, the work process, which must be followed under the bullying.

02:57Why did he question?

03:00I think it is the right of the parents.

03:03If their children feel that they do not get justice in the context of the investigation and the complaint that has been filed,

03:13the parents have the right to continue the complaint to a higher level,

03:18including the authorities and the Ministry of Education of Malaysia.

03:22I repeat, we do not compromise and we take all the complaints seriously,

03:27both the parents, the school and the child.

03:33So, we want all members of society to take this bullying issue seriously

03:39and the complaint must reach us so that we can take action.

03:43Once again, the complaint must reach the Ministry of Education of Malaysia

03:46so that we can immediately carry out the action and investigation.

03:51We ask all members of society to pay full attention to this matter.

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