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Stakeholders and interest groups denounce lack of action over rape joke NORMAN HIU/ THESUN.
PETALING JAYA: Victim-blaming and denial have become the default mode when Malaysia responds to the issue of sexual harassment.
The latest episode is that of an exposé by a student on a teacher cracking a joke about rape at school, followed by his union representative’s demand for “facts” and arguing that there are other “bigger problems”.
In an interview with Astro Awani yesterday, National Union of the Teaching Profession secretary-general Harry Tan (pix) asked for “facts and statistics” to prove that sexual harassment at school was widespread.
No stopping ‘digitalisation avalanche’ pix is for illustration purposes
PETALING JAYA: From the assembly line to the courtroom, humans are being replaced by machines and artificial intelligence (AI).
With the drastic change in the work environment brought on by the global Covid-19 pandemic, the process is expected to pick up speed.
In fact, according to a recent statement by the World Bank, half of the jobs in Malaysia are already either disappearing or being performed from remote locations.
Arena Group head of human resources in Asia, Srithren Krishnan, pointed out that digitalisation cannot be stopped or postponed just to wait until a younger generation is ready to take over.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Harry Tan.
PETALING JAYA: Abolishing the Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) exam will augur well for the country’s primary education, say education groups and activists who welcome the government’s move.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Harry Tan said they have been pushing for the abolition of UPSR as a public exam for primary pupils for over five years.
“UPSR is so bent on pupils producing As and neglecting wholesome education.
“The whole education system is geared to achieving excellence in UPSR and nothing else, ” he said yesterday.
Earlier, the Education Ministry announced that the (UPSR) will be abolished starting this year while the Form Three Assessment Examination (PT3) will be cancelled for this year.
Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Despite the surge in Covid-19 infections at school, parents are reluctant to keep their children away from classes.
They prefer a combination of learning from home and attending classes at school, a strategy that even some health experts support.
It is a fine line between keeping the children safe and ensuring that their studies are not interrupted further. For many parents, the almost year-long absence from school has been a nightmare. Children who do not have access to computers and the internet have been significantly left behind.
Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahman told