Malaysian teen slams rape joke, video goes viral
Reuters, KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam came home from school last week and posted a video on TikTok, taking a male teacher to task over an alleged joke about rape during class.
The video went viral overnight, sparking a nationwide debate on sex education, misogyny and sexual violence in the Southeast Asian nation, where such subjects are often considered taboo.
“There’s been numerous students who have been coming forward with their own stories to me . but people didn’t take any action on what the students had to say, and for me, that is very, very sad,” Ain said.
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While most of the country’s school students have turned to online solutions to continue learning, the recurring problem is that not every student has the ease of reliable internet access.
A school in Kedah took that issue seriously, and came up with the ingenious idea to create physical DropBoxes for each students to access and submit their homework.
SK Taman Ria realized that students did not have access to data and devices and were struggling to keep up with online lessons. For this reason, they started the ‘Drop Box Station’ program where parents can come to school to collect modules for students home learning. pic.twitter.com/YpUwYNd8Gs PEMIMPIN GSL (@PemimpinGSL) January 25, 2021