KUALA LUMPUR: Investigations are nonetheless ongoing to find out if academics had been concerned within the alleged interval spot verify of feminine college students not too long ago, says Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin.
“We’re nonetheless investigating to find out if academics had been concerned.
“If there’s proof of such, acceptable motion shall be taken towards them,” the Training Minister stated when wrapping up his ministerial replies on Funds 2022 in Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Nov 15).
Teo Nie Ching (PH-Kulai) needed to know if the orders to hold out the interval checks got by academics within the faculty.
She was referring to the incident involving a faculty in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur not too long ago the place feminine college students had been allegedly bodily examined for his or her month-to-month durations.
On the incident, Radzi stated that he and a number of other senior ministry officers personally went to the college to query the scholars.
“Following questioning of the scholars, we had been informed that it was carried out by senior college students on different college students as means to make sure that self-discipline is adhered to by college students of the college.
“That is really what had occurred,” he stated, including that the findings weren’t made public to reduce the strain on the scholars concerned.
He additionally stated the scholars had been questioned by him and his officers in a corridor the place the college wardens and academics had been barred from being current.
“From what was informed to us, the apply was a practice carried out by scholar leaders for generations,” he stated.
He stated that the scholars had been suggested to cease such practices.
Radzi acknowledged there had been earlier point out of comparable incidents at completely different faculties a number of months in the past.
“After we requested the media for info of the alleged incidents, they had been stated to have occurred between one, two and three years in the past.
“As such, it was determined by the ministry that it could be tough to analyze the alleged previous incidents.
“That’s the reason I instantly flew down from Sarawak to analyze the most recent incident for myself once I obtained to know of it,” he stated.
On Oct 26, Radzi headed straight to the college in Setapak after arriving on the KL Worldwide Airport from Kuching to get info from the scholars concerned and in addition the college’s principal and academics.
Following the most recent incident, the Training Ministry issued a reminder on Nov 2 to state Training Departments and district schooling places of work to cease interval spot checks on feminine college students.
