SIBU: Imposing discipline on school children ought to be carried out firmly, said Assistant Minister of Youth Development Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah who described bullying the weaker as a common phenomenon in school.
“This happened in my school days in the 70’s,” he said when asked to respond to a recent incident where five senior students were arrested by the police for bullying three junior school-mates.
He called for concerted efforts to instil discipline in children.
“The school and the parent-teacher association must work together,” he suggested.
The Asajaya assemblyman said bullies were usually found in schools where the teachers and parents did not have much interaction between them.
Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) acting president Jisin Nyud, when contacted, said students would have their studies hindered if there were bullies among them.
“How to focus on your study when you are always in a state of fear?” he questioned.
Calling for heavy punishments on the bullies, he said it would still be better to prevent bullying cases than acting on them later.
“We need the cooperation of all quarters in this matter,” he said.
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