PUTRAJAYA – The Education Ministry (MoE) will continue to monitor and provide intervention for pupils who are at risk of dropping out so that they complete their education up to Form 5, said minister Fadhlina Sidek.
She said this was aimed at ensuring the rights of every child to educational equality, no matter where they are.
“The MoE is very aware of the problems faced, especially the issue of dropout among students and will continue to find ways to resolve it until we achieve zero dropouts,” she said in her 2023 New Year’s message posted on her Facebook page today.
Describing education as a gateway to a vast galaxy of knowledge, Fadhlina said the search, construction, and gathering of knowledge should be made into an exploratory culture that is character-building.
As such, she said the seven main cores that have become the focus of the ministry in steering the country’s education system would require synergy between teachers, pupils, parents, and the community, which is key to future success in education.
The cores involved are effective communication; transparency between schools and the ministry; emphasis on friendliness through cultivating good manners, morals, and integrity; multi-dimension B40 poverty; school dropouts and literacy issues; teachers’ welfare; renovation and upgrading of dilapidated schools, especially in Sabah and Sarawak; and improving digital education in schools.
Even though the education system is presently inherited through a series of refinements, Fadhlina said those in education cannot compromise on ensuring that the commitment load on teachers is reduced and the well-being of pupils is achieved.
“The approach to maintaining existing policies will be adopted and improved with monitoring being done at the implementation stage,” she said.
She also said a harmonious ecosystem must also be translated within the framework of a cheerful happy pupil, a happy teacher, an unparalleled school, and a prosperous country to uplift the glory of its people regardless of race or religion.
“Pupils, students, teachers, and educators who share this hope must surely cultivate humanitarian values, and schools can be a field free from negative vibes, sexual harassment, bullying, extremism, gangsterism, and others,” she said.
She also urged teachers to continue to carry out their duties professionally and use that trait as a bridge to bond every stakeholder in the education sector. – Bernama, January 1, 2023
