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Proposed year-long suspension for school bullies

Published by SchoolAdvisor | Oct 17, 2016
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The Education Ministry has proposed suspension for a year as punishment for school bullies alongside obtaining a maximum of one-year community service or time in a rehabilitation centre.rebecca1917versionThe move which may be implemented come January 2017, was being proposed for primary and secondary schools as the current measures were deemed ineffective, said the Minister of Education, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid.In March, it was reported that bullying in schools had dropped to about 3,000 cases last year from 4,000 in 2014.The latest reported bullying case left a male Form Two student hospitalised after he was beaten up by four Form Three students in a Sungai Petani school on Aug 29.The victim, who suffered internal bleeding in the head and bodily injuries, was warded at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Star.