The education ministry is refining various proposals and measures to enhance student safety, including suggestions to deploy auxiliary police personnel and set up police booths in schools to curb bullying incidents.
Education minister Fadhlina Sidek said all proposals are being carefully reviewed before the ministry finalises the actions to be taken.
“We are currently considering all views, first, through the school safety reform committee that we have established, and second, via the ongoing safety audit process.
“We are also gathering feedback through town hall sessions together with the law ministry and the communications ministry as part of efforts to study the proposed anti-bullying bill,” she said after a constituency event.
Fadhlina, who is MP for Nibong Tebal, was responding to calls for auxiliary police and police booths to be placed in schools in view of the increasingly serious problem of bullying.
She said the ministry had already implemented several initiatives to safeguard students and staff, including stricter enforcement of existing regulations and ensuring compliance with established safety guidelines.
