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Malaysia's Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has clarified that the new School Pupil Protection Policy aims to establish a coordinated safety framework involving multiple stakeholders, rather than placing the burden solely on educators.
A religious school teacher in Butterworth appeared in Sessions Court facing eight counts of sexual assault and outraging the modesty of male students, raising fresh concerns about institutional safeguarding in Malaysian schools.
Malaysia's modular classroom construction programme under Program Cakna MADANI is progressing on schedule and will be fully completed by December this year, according to Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.
Malaysia's Education Ministry is intensifying preparations for the 2027 School Curriculum rollout, which will begin with Year One and Form One pupils next year under the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2026-2035.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for Malaysia's education system to nurture technological expertise alongside strong moral character, warning against compromising values in pursuit of global competitiveness.
The Selangor State Education Department has vowed complete cooperation in investigating a bullying incident at a Rawang secondary school that sparked widespread discussion online, with assurances that no perpetrator will escape accountability.