Selangor Education Department director claims that the SK Seri Pristina issue has been resolved after a meeting with the parents and teachers today.
PETALING JAYA: The Selangor State Education Department director Mahmud Karim has given an undertaking that non-Malay students at SK Seri Pristina would not be bullied or mistreated following a fallout between the school administration and several parents after a canteen fiasco.
The undertaking was given to the representatives of several parents who had attended an hour long close-door meeting this morning at the school involving the school headmaster, Mahmud and parents.
The director had called for the meeting with all parties to resolve the issue of non-Muslim pupils being made to eat in the changing room during Ramadan, and the allegation of teachers and pupils picking on the pupils of one ethnicity after a parent posted pictures of the pupils in the changing room on Facebook, which drew public outcry.
According to a parent who attended the meeting this morning, Mahmud had personally called all the teachers and advised them not to mistreat the students as it gave a bad image to the school and the education system.
“We welcome complaints if the teachers were to misbehave again,” the parent quoted Mahmud as telling at the meeting.
The parent also said that Mahmud had urged the parents to move on, claiming that the issue had been resolved and assured the parents that such an issue would not recur.
“The teachers have been instructed to act professionally to ensure that there is fair treatment of all pupils while focusing on delivering quality education,” said the parent.
Other parents at the meeting meanwhile told FMT that they were pleased with the outcome of the meeting and took the Mahmud’s word that the problem would not happen again.
After the changing room pictures went viral in July, parents had alleged that their children were constantly mistreated by teachers and targetted by their schoolmates, pressuring them to transfer their children to another school.
A parent is also facing charges for allegedly threatening the school headmaster.
PETALING JAYA: The Selangor State Education Department director Mahmud Karim has given an undertaking that non-Malay students at SK Seri Pristina would not be bullied or mistreated following a fallout between the school administration and several parents after a canteen fiasco.The undertaking was given to the representatives of several parents who had attended an hour long close-door meeting this morning at the school involving the school headmaster, Mahmud and parents.
The director had called for the meeting with all parties to resolve the issue of non-Muslim pupils being made to eat in the changing room during Ramadan, and the allegation of teachers and pupils picking on the pupils of one ethnicity after a parent posted pictures of the pupils in the changing room on Facebook, which drew public outcry.
According to a parent who attended the meeting this morning, Mahmud had personally called all the teachers and advised them not to mistreat the students as it gave a bad image to the school and the education system.
“We welcome complaints if the teachers were to misbehave again,” the parent quoted Mahmud as telling at the meeting.
The parent also said that Mahmud had urged the parents to move on, claiming that the issue had been resolved and assured the parents that such an issue would not recur.
“The teachers have been instructed to act professionally to ensure that there is fair treatment of all pupils while focusing on delivering quality education,” said the parent.
Other parents at the meeting meanwhile told FMT that they were pleased with the outcome of the meeting and took the Mahmud’s word that the problem would not happen again.
After the changing room pictures went viral in July, parents had alleged that their children were constantly mistreated by teachers and targetted by their schoolmates, pressuring them to transfer their children to another school.
A parent is also facing charges for allegedly threatening the school headmaster.
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