... the past decade? These school -age children regularly spend part of the day unsupervised at home while their parents are at work. They are at a high risk of being influenced negatively by their surroundings. ...
Friday, 25 March 2022
... the manifold problems highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
About the Speaker
Khoo Boo Teik, born, bred and school ed in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, before studying at universities in USA ...
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
... remain unable to work or enroll in government school s.
The government has denied UNHCR access to immigration detention centers since August 2019, and the home minister has rejected calls for access. ...
Friday, 14 January 2022
... care responsibilities, or face challenges during school -to-work transition. They might also face unemployment or work in non-standard or informal jobs with limited access to social insurance schemes. During ...
Friday, 24 September 2021
Press Statement by the People's Health Forum on 24 AUG 2021 in Kuala Lumpur
*School s Should Continue Rancangan Makanan Tambahan To Support Students’ Nutritional Needs*
-- Funding ...
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
... (PPV), and better use of health clinics, school health teams and general practitioners. Outreach programmes are necessary to reach those unable to register, as well as to non-citizens. Equitable vaccination ...
Thursday, 22 July 2021
... when they were teaching in the same school while I fell in love with a British woman when I was studying in the UK. My second brother was the only son who married a “traditional” Chinese woman from Singapore. ...
Thursday, 17 June 2021
... of authority, there seems to be very slow reaction on the teaching profession and the education authority. The girl is further
harassed by her teachers, school mates and netizens of her own race and religion ...
Monday, 10 May 2021
... she has had to endure all sorts of backlash, including a rape threat from a school mate.
One of the most common criticisms she received was that she was being too emotional and that she should have tried ...
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
... do we humans have?
We would be no more than a memory-less amoeba, would we not?
Can we live a full and meaningful life without a repository of memory and history?
I went to St Mark’s primary school ...
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
... of suddenly living in a lower, single income household affected everything. I stopped asking my mum if I could go on school trips or holidays as I knew she couldn’t afford it. My brother and I received ...
Friday, 26 February 2021
... with disability and elderly) was able to access polling streams
with ease. During Kimanis by-election 2020, EC invested an allocation from the election budget
to upgrade pavements in some of the school s ...
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Educating Citizens: 3 critical aspects
When it comes to learning – be it in school s, universities, or adult education – much attention, quite rightly, is given to the development of basic skills (linguistic ...
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
... below:-
https://malaysia.unfpa.org/en/publications/families-edge-issue-2-2020
Source: UNFPA Malaysia
Related news item in The Malay Mail at link below:-
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/10/30/poor-kl-students-dropping-out-of-school -at-an-alarming-rate-amid-outbreak-n/1917791 ...
Friday, 30 October 2020
NGOs left to supervise Covid -19 patients on Sabah island
Malaysiakini, 27 October 2020
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Activists with the Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal (Omadal Bajau Laut School ) have found ...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
The Orang Asli community continue to face barriers to education, resulting in persistently higher school dropout rates than the national average.
Existing government policies and ...
Monday, 26 October 2020
... just above the poverty line and any crisis could easily push them through the cracks.
Sunway University Business School professor of economics Dr Yeah Kim Leng said any type of economic hardship, such ...
Thursday, 22 October 2020
28/08/2020
National Unity Cannot be Achieved by Closing Down Vernacular School s
Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM) refers to the statement made by the Youth Chief of Parti Bersatu Pribumi Malaysia ...
Friday, 28 August 2020
... jobs as businesses close, some permanently. Already, there are nearly a billion children out of school , many with no access to the resources they need to continue their learning. And of course the absence ...
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
... a women’s shelter, a children’s crisis centre, low-cost housing flats, a disability centre, indigenous communities and informal settlements and school s.
“Overall, while Malaysia has achieved progress ...
Monday, 06 July 2020