All complainants’ identity would be kept confidential

THE Education Ministry (MoE) have launched an online portal for students, public, parents or guardians to report any bullying incidents in schools.

Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin (picture) said the portal, https://www.moe.gov.my/aduanbuli, provides three channels for any bullying incident in school to be reported directly to MoE.

“These channels are through a special hotline at 03-88849352, email at [email protected] or through the MoE’s public complaint management system.

“The special hotline can be contacted round the clock and every complaint will be responded to immediately by MoE,” he said at a joint press conference with Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin after the launch of the portal today.

Also launched were the “Sekolahku SEJAHTERA: Sepakat dan Selamat” programme, which is a collaboration between MoE and Home Ministry in addressing the issues of bullying and drug abuse among students.

Elaborating further, Radzi said 122 convicted cases of bullying were recorded nationwide between January and July this year.

While calling on all quarters to fully utilise the portal, he said all complainants’ identity would be kept confidential.

“What’s important is accurate information for us to launch an investigation. Each complaint will be recorded and the complainants’ information can also be kept confidential if they wish,” he said.

Radzi stressed that MoE will not compromise on the issue of bullying and that school administrators have been instructed not to hide any case of bullying that occurred in their compounds.

Meanwhile, Hamzah said he had also instructed the police to give more attention to bullying incidents in schools.

“The young generation tends to think that bullying is normal. That’s why we want to reduce bullying incidents.

“I agree that the police should give more attention to this issue and that they should also organise awareness programmes and briefing sessions at schools,” he said. — Bernama