00:01the government should provide refugee children with access to education as some
00:05are talented and could become valuable assets to Malaysia says an NGO dr. Lim
00:11Yulin of selfless together which runs two alternative learning centers on
00:15Penang Island for Rohingya children said the government should get to know
00:19these children and allow them to sit for public examinations on humanitarian
00:22grounds they must respond to Suhaqam chief child commissioner Farah Nini
00:28do so key suggestion for a dedicated body to monitor and recognize alternative
00:32schools and allow refugee students to sit for exams such as SPM Farah Nini said
00:38more than 58,000 refugee and asylum seeking children in Malaysia are believed
00:42to be missing out on formal education Lim said refugee children can only take the
00:47IGCSE which is too costly for learning centers and a recognized Malaysian body
00:52would make public exam registration easier meanwhile helping hands
00:57refugee learning center principal Mumtaz Begum said a dedicated regulatory and
01:02recognition body would help schools establish accreditation give refugee
01:06students access to national examinations and provide teacher training funding and
01:11institutional support she said such a body is necessary for inclusive education
01:15and social integration adding that many of her pupils face severe financial
01:19hardship child labor and early marriage and that the 58,000 figure reflects
01:24disruptive childhoods and needing action
01:26Donish Roger Rizzo FMT
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