A witness said she and her family were threatened and pressured by several parties to withdraw the suit against a teacher, the Government, Education Minister and two others for refusing to teach English to students three years ago
A witness in the suit trial of three former secondary students in Kota Belud who sued a teacher, the Government, Education Minister and two others for refusing to teach the English subject to the students three years ago, said they filed the suit because they wanted to claim their rights for not getting proper education for English subject while they were in Form 4
Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020 05:44 PM MYT
BY JULIA CHAN
In the latest case, the three women said Jainal had not attended to their English classes between March and November 2017, despite repeated reminders, and had zero attendance after July of 2017. Reuters pic
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KOTA KINABALU, Dec 23 An English teacher and the principal of a school in Kota Belud are being sued by more of their former students for allegedly failing to show up for classes for almost an entire year.
Former students Calvina Angayung, Rusiah Sabhdarin and Nur Natasha Allisya Hamali now 19 years old are suing their teacher Mohd Jainal Jamran, headmaster Suid Hanapi along with the director-general of education, the education minister, and the Malaysian government at the High Court here.