MalayMail-Aug 18
The Education Ministry and Ministry of Home Affairs’ initiative called Sekolahku Sejahtera: Sepakat dan Selamat and anti-bullying portal to look into the prevalence of bullying was launched here today at the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Putrajaya Presint 14(1). At the launch, Education Minister Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said that the portal will also involve the police and the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) to deal with disciplinary issues and identify students who are prone to get involved with drugs. “The most important thing here today is to ensure that the schools become a safe space and free from bullying. To do that, we have to work together. “It has to extend beyond the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Home Affairs, the police and the AADK. Society, community leaders and parents have to be involved in order to help students feel that they are safe in school,” Radzi said.
Commenting further, he said that there are three ways that complaints of bullying can be filed: through a special 24-hour hotline for bullying victims, email, or the existing complaint channel provided by the education ministry. Radzi said complainants can stay anonymous, but the channels will ask for necessary information such as the name of the school to aid in police investigations. Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/08/18/education-home-ministries-launch-channels-for-students-and-parents-to-report-bullying-in-schools/23396
