The Sun
by Maria J.Dass
"They even went as far as to suggest that she borrow a tudung and secretly wear it during the school day, 'so that her parents would not know about it'."
"This is so disgusting! Really disgusting!" said Klinck who has taken up the matter with the state education department and the Education Ministry.
She said the teachers, at a recent meeting, told her she could write in to say she does not want her daughter to wear the headscarf, but Klinck sees no need for this as the policy imposed by the school is not one endorsed by the education department.
She said before enrolling her daughter in the school last year, she had specifically asked if, other than the standard uniform, there was a requirement for the tudung to be worn in the school, and was told it was "not mandatory".
Klinck who is married to a British Muslim, said her daughter has been traumatised by the whole incident and now refuses to go to school as she is afraid of what the two teachers will do to her.
"I want the school to assure me that my daughter will not be in contact either directly or indirectly with the two teachers, and that she is not in the same vicinity as them," she said, adding that she is contemplating legal action.
"These two discipline teachers need to be disciplined themselves, and appropriate action should be taken against them," said Klinck.
In a Daily Express report published on Wednesday, SM St Anne principal Chan Kwi Fong admitted that the ruling was not sanctioned by the ministry but said that if the parents did not want their child to wear the tudung, the school could have been informed and no confusion would have arisen.
She explained that Muslim students were asked to wear the headscarf because of the fasting month.
The aim of the rule she said, was to encourage mutual respect for different religious beliefs.
When contacted, Education Ministry Director-General Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said he was not aware of the case but would check on the matter.
by Maria J.Dass
PETALING JAYA (Aug 26, 2010): A Muslim parent in Labuan is outraged over her daughter being harassed by school authorities of Sekolah Menengah St Anne for not wearing a tudung to school during Ramadan.
Sunita Klinck took the school to task after her daughter was issued with a "summons" and threatened with caning for not adhering to the "ruling".
"When my daughter said neither she nor her parents saw it necessary for her to wear a tudung seeing that no such rule appears to have been formalised, two teachers attempted to intimidate her into complying,” Klinck told theSun today.
"Two male discipline teachers even held her captive in an office with the doors shut for about 20 minutes, while brandishing a cane to threaten her into complying with the rule," she said.
Sunita Klinck took the school to task after her daughter was issued with a "summons" and threatened with caning for not adhering to the "ruling".
"When my daughter said neither she nor her parents saw it necessary for her to wear a tudung seeing that no such rule appears to have been formalised, two teachers attempted to intimidate her into complying,” Klinck told theSun today.
"Two male discipline teachers even held her captive in an office with the doors shut for about 20 minutes, while brandishing a cane to threaten her into complying with the rule," she said.
"They even went as far as to suggest that she borrow a tudung and secretly wear it during the school day, 'so that her parents would not know about it'."
"This is so disgusting! Really disgusting!" said Klinck who has taken up the matter with the state education department and the Education Ministry.
She said the teachers, at a recent meeting, told her she could write in to say she does not want her daughter to wear the headscarf, but Klinck sees no need for this as the policy imposed by the school is not one endorsed by the education department.
She said before enrolling her daughter in the school last year, she had specifically asked if, other than the standard uniform, there was a requirement for the tudung to be worn in the school, and was told it was "not mandatory".
Klinck who is married to a British Muslim, said her daughter has been traumatised by the whole incident and now refuses to go to school as she is afraid of what the two teachers will do to her.
"I want the school to assure me that my daughter will not be in contact either directly or indirectly with the two teachers, and that she is not in the same vicinity as them," she said, adding that she is contemplating legal action.
"These two discipline teachers need to be disciplined themselves, and appropriate action should be taken against them," said Klinck.
In a Daily Express report published on Wednesday, SM St Anne principal Chan Kwi Fong admitted that the ruling was not sanctioned by the ministry but said that if the parents did not want their child to wear the tudung, the school could have been informed and no confusion would have arisen.
She explained that Muslim students were asked to wear the headscarf because of the fasting month.
The aim of the rule she said, was to encourage mutual respect for different religious beliefs.
When contacted, Education Ministry Director-General Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said he was not aware of the case but would check on the matter.
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Mutual respect for different religious believe........
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