Practice regular inspection to the school building to avoid the mishap happen

52 year-old SJK(C) Lian Cheng in Pahang collapsed due to the unbearable infested by termite and causing 5 students injured. I believe this is not the first school which encounters the termite problem. Although the Government has allocated funds for repairing these schools, the management of school should be alert and practice regular inspection to the school building to avoid the mishap happen again.

The 2012 Budget proposal will be tabled in Parliament on Sept 28 and according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak that the budget would focus on the quality and balanced growth as well as the peoples’ well being. I hope there will be a fund set aside to facilitate work repair for these termite-infested schools. According to statistic report, there are a total of 133 primary Chinese schools in Malaysia required up-grading and improvement as they are old, worn out and termite- infested. These schools need immediate attention from the Government.

School is a place where gathers all the students to acquire knowledge and receive education. The environment of a school must safe and free from any danger so that the students can learn and study in a peaceful and healthy surrounding. I have learned that our Chinese schools in Malaysia which are currently in needs of improvement. Many of these schools are previously built with wood structure. I suggest that the Government can consider to replace these wooden building with bricks and concrete structure.

In another issue, students will be allowed to bring mobile phones and IT gadgets to school from next year after the rules and regulations are amended.  I believe there are pros and cons for such changes. I agreed with the Government changes with an objective to encourage the educators and students to embrace the knowledge of the information technology in the 21^st century.

But on the other hand, I do think that more in depth study and understanding needed for this change in particular among the parents and the students. I can see most of the children are easily attracted to the IT gadget these days. Are these handphones and IT gadgets really needed in the class? Will the students concentrate in the classroom with these gadgets around them?

Can the students mature enough to handle the handphone and/or IT gadgets? Do the students at the age of 13 to 17 years discipline enough? All these needs to be answered before implement it.