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Malaysia's Education Ministry will pursue UNESCO recognition for Gendang 24 Perayaan, a traditional percussion art form founded in 1988. The initiative aims to preserve and promote the heritage among younger generations through school programmes.
An education-focused NGO has urged the Malaysian Education Ministry to create an independent body dedicated to student safety and welfare, citing successful models in the UK and Australia.
Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek visited a Banting secondary school after a Form Three student was stabbed by a classmate. Police have apprehended the suspect, and the victim is in stable condition.
Nadiem Makarim, the Harvard-educated founder of Indonesia's first unicorn startup Gojek, has been sentenced to a decade in prison for abuse of authority in a controversial school laptop procurement scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic.