By Sarban Singh, The Star
PORT DICKSON: A police report has been lodged against a teacher who allegedly made racist remarks in front of some 180 students at a school examination hall in Lukut, near here, on Wednesday morning.
Teluk Kemang MIC Youth chief A. Achutan led a group of parents from SM Raja Jumaat to lodge the report at the district police station here yesterday.
The woman teacher, assigned to the school as chief invigilator for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination, has since apologised to the students but the parents decided on the police report as “we do not want such an incident to recur.”
A parent, M. Prabhakaran, alleged that the teacher had told some students who had been noisy before the examination to “return to China and India.”
“The teacher was apparently making an announcement over the microphone when she made the remarks.
“She seemed annoyed when some of the students paid no heed to what she was saying,” said Prabhakaran, adding that she had allegedly repeated the racist remarks several times.
“The students were disturbed by what she said. How can you make such remarks before teenagers, especially when they are about to sit for an examination?” he asked, adding that the students then reported the matter to school headmaster Cheah Les Ngan.
Prabhakaran, who teaches at another school, said the headmaster and several teachers met the invigilator over the issue and advised her to return to the hall and apologise to the students.
Neither Cheah nor state education director Abdul Halim Abdul Talib, who was away, could be reached for comments.
District police chief Supt Baljeet Singh confirmed that a report had been lodged and said the police would record statements from the relevant people.
The incident here followed two high-profile cases involving two principals in Johor and Kedah, both of whom were suspended and then removed from their schools after allegedly making racist remarks against their students.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz told Parliament early this month that it was the first time in the civil service that government officials had been cited for racism.
PORT DICKSON: A police report has been lodged against a teacher who allegedly made racist remarks in front of some 180 students at a school examination hall in Lukut, near here, on Wednesday morning.
Teluk Kemang MIC Youth chief A. Achutan led a group of parents from SM Raja Jumaat to lodge the report at the district police station here yesterday.
The woman teacher, assigned to the school as chief invigilator for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination, has since apologised to the students but the parents decided on the police report as “we do not want such an incident to recur.”
A parent, M. Prabhakaran, alleged that the teacher had told some students who had been noisy before the examination to “return to China and India.”
“The teacher was apparently making an announcement over the microphone when she made the remarks.
“She seemed annoyed when some of the students paid no heed to what she was saying,” said Prabhakaran, adding that she had allegedly repeated the racist remarks several times.
“The students were disturbed by what she said. How can you make such remarks before teenagers, especially when they are about to sit for an examination?” he asked, adding that the students then reported the matter to school headmaster Cheah Les Ngan.
Prabhakaran, who teaches at another school, said the headmaster and several teachers met the invigilator over the issue and advised her to return to the hall and apologise to the students.
Neither Cheah nor state education director Abdul Halim Abdul Talib, who was away, could be reached for comments.
District police chief Supt Baljeet Singh confirmed that a report had been lodged and said the police would record statements from the relevant people.
The incident here followed two high-profile cases involving two principals in Johor and Kedah, both of whom were suspended and then removed from their schools after allegedly making racist remarks against their students.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz told Parliament early this month that it was the first time in the civil service that government officials had been cited for racism.
8 comments:
If firm actions are taken against the racist headmistress before this, this might not happened. There are no punishment for this kind of behavior, therefore the same things will continue to happen.
not for racist..Hope this not be a big issue for us. No need media for solve this.
don't be racist again.
anyone should not be racist. we should respect each other.
Why is it always the teachers tend to make racist remake.
Don't let this racist teacher off the hook easily or else Namawee will upload another racist rap song on Youtube.
first, every schools in these country should have 50% non-Malay teachers.. second, all racist should lost their job and enjoyed 2 or more years in jail..
Dia sebenarnya tidak sesuai menjadi seorang guru. kenapa perlu bersikap demikian? Sedangkan seorang guru sepatutnya mengambarkan sikap hormat menghormati terhadap bangsa lain. Senang cerita gantung sahaja beliau ataupun pecat dari terus menjadi seorang guru!!!
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