00:00 The Ministry of Education of Malaysia always takes seriously bullying issues involving students under KPM.
00:06 One of the efforts that has been taken to ensure that this trend is handled is as follows.
00:12 KPM has launched seven KPM's top priorities.
00:16 Through the two priorities of KPM's top priorities, KPM gives pressure to the aspect of human dignity
00:24 through the development of morals and integrity to give birth to a good and more intelligent child
00:30 by creating a harmonious atmosphere that avoids negative effects such as sexual harassment,
00:37 bullying, extremism, gangsterism and vandalism.
00:41 KPM has issued a letter of approval for the 4th year of the 2002 School Safety Program.
00:48 The School Safety Program is carried out in all schools across the country.
00:52 The program aims to create a safe school environment so that students can carry out
00:59 their teaching and learning activities as well as their co-curriculum activities without interference from any parties
01:06 including the perpetration of gangsterism, vandalism and bullying among students.
01:11 KPM has been monitoring and taking proactive steps to handle social harassment among students
01:17 by all principals and teachers.
01:19 KPM has issued a letter of approval for the 6th year of the 2002 School Safety Program
01:25 to handle the issue of safety of gangsters and thugs.
01:29 Among the actions that the school should take are to hold a petition in schools and dormitories,
01:35 to strengthen the school and dormitory discipline authority,
01:39 and to take action and punish students who commit bullying in schools or dormitories.
01:46 Anti-bullying authority has been established in every JPN through the authority to handle the national discipline.
01:55 To strengthen the relationship between teachers and students through the practice of teacher-teacher love in schools,
02:02 through the KPPM 4th letter of 2012,
02:07 the practice of teacher-teacher love is intended to implement the love culture among school students,
02:14 to strengthen the relationship between teachers and students and to strengthen the relationship between students.
02:19 This effort can reduce the risk of social harassment in schools.
02:24 To work closely with the police in Raja Malaysia through the school-school relationship officer, PPS.
02:31 Every middle and low school has a PPS who always accompanies and works with the school,
02:39 including holding a program to prevent bullying.
02:42 Providing a reporting channel for the school to file a bullying case to the KPPM.
02:48 At present, the KPPM has provided a bullying complaint portal that allows school students,
02:54 including students and parents, as well as the public to file a complaint directly to the ministry,
03:00 and the information received will be protected.
03:03 There are four main channels for the bullying complaint portal,
03:06 through the public complaint management system, SISPA, KPPM, email, telephone lines and WhatsApp applications.
03:15 Providing counselling services to students who are tempted to commit a crime against other students.
03:22 And currently, the KPPM has launched a bullying crime management guide at the Institute of Education.
03:29 This guide is referred to all parties in the Institute of Education in clarifying the understanding of bullying crimes
03:39 and its implications and roles in dealing with bullying crimes, especially against bullies and bullies victims.
03:47 The KPPM is always committed to increasing the level of students' awareness to prevent bullying in schools.
03:55 The KPPM also highly appreciates the role of the PIBG, the NGO and local communities
04:04 that are always working with the school to deal with bullying in the students.
04:10 Thank you.
04:11 Regarding the procedure or procedure for a student to report a bullying or harassment,
04:22 I would like to ask, does the Ministry study the impact of the existing procedure or SOP
04:29 and can we know how many cases have been referred according to the procedure just now
04:37 and how many cases have been solved?
04:43 And is there a plan from the Ministry to work together to create an Anti-Bully Act?
04:55 And we know that this sexual harassment, sorry, this bullying harassment is not only with students,
05:04 but it also involves adults.
05:07 There is always a monitoring mechanism in the education system in Malaysia
05:11 that ensures teachers and individuals who work with children, especially the bullies,
05:17 to conduct an investigation.
05:19 In Australia, we have Working with Vulnerable People Registration,
05:23 which is a direct assessment of the qualifications of a person working with the bullies
05:28 involving criminal record investigation and police action.
05:34 So we need a mechanism to check.
05:39 So my question is about what I just mentioned. Thank you.
05:43 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, respected colleagues.
05:50 I will answer one by one.
05:52 Regarding the number of cases of bullying that have been recorded,
05:58 the Ministry of Education in Malaysia always considers the bullying issues involving KPM students.
06:06 Based on data from the SSDM KPM,
06:11 I only have three years.
06:15 In 2021, when I was still an MCO,
06:23 a total of 326 cases were recorded in 2021.
06:29 In 2022, there were 3,887 cases.
06:35 In 2023 to October, a total of 4,994 cases were recorded.
06:47 All these cases have been investigated and the investigation has been taken,
06:54 especially in terms of guidance and counselling.
06:58 As I mentioned earlier, the bullying case involves many parties.
07:06 Not only from parents, NGOs, we also need involvement from NGOs, local communities.
07:15 Our goal is to ensure that the bullying case can be reduced
07:20 and especially the bully and the victim will be given proper guidance.
07:27 Thank you.
07:28 Thank you, Minister, for the clear answer.
07:38 My additional question is,
07:40 is KPM planning to add more counselling teachers to address the bullying issue at school?
07:50 That's all. Thank you.
07:52 Thank you, Honourable.
07:55 Yes, we will ensure that the bullying case increases.
08:01 The immediate action that should be taken is counselling.
08:13 They should be given proper guidance to know why they are bullied,
08:21 why they want to bully, and how to do it.
08:26 Counselling is very important.
08:28 If the bullying case increases, we will add more counselling teachers.
08:34 That's all. Thank you.
08:35 Thank you.
08:36 Thank you.
08:37 Thank you.
08:39 Thank you.
08:40 Thank you.
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