KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) and the Education Ministry (MOE) to take a stronger stance against gangsterism, bullying and thuggish behaviour in educational institutions under their jurisdictions.
Emphasising this matter, Anwar said the issue needs to be taken more seriously, as there is no value in leadership and capability without pure values, manners and ethics.
“Thuggish behaviour, bullying and gangsterism occurring in the education system – whether in Chinese schools, Tamil schools, tahfiz schools or religious schools – is madness because we are discussing knowledge, yet there is a lack of morals and values.
“This is a challenge in our education programme. Values and morals must be prioritised. Our weakness is that we take a passive stance, being tolerant toward bullying, but this cannot happen if the culture rejects it,” he said during the “Temu Anwar” programme at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) on Friday.
Also present were Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and UPNM vice-chancellor Lt Gen Datuk Mardzuki Muhammad.
