#period spot check

Father urges parents to ask children about 'period shaming, harassment'

Father urges parents to ask children about 'period shaming, harassment'

He makes the call after finding out that his daughter had suffered degrading punishments at her residential school.

COMMENT | Education Ministry must commit to safe environment for students

COMMENT | Education Ministry must commit to safe environment for students

Implement this commitment whilst taking the complexity of the issue into consideration.

LETTER | No school should be an environment where students feel unsafe

LETTER | No school should be an environment where students feel unsafe

'How could a decent person think violating student bodies is acceptable?'
MP SPEAKS | Independent probe needed for period spot check claims

MP SPEAKS | Independent probe needed for period spot check claims

A third party should conduct the independent probe as education authorities have lost the ability to self-check.

Period spot checks: 'Tell me at which school' - Radzi Jidin

Period spot checks: 'Tell me at which school' - Radzi Jidin

His ministry's investigations thus far failed to turn up any indication that such practice exists.

Mara conducting inquiry into period spot check abuse claims, says ex-student

Mara conducting inquiry into period spot check abuse claims, says ex-student

Mara oversees several boarding schools where the practice purportedly took place.

Stop 'politicising' period spot check issue, Wanita MCA tells Teo

Stop 'politicising' period spot check issue, Wanita MCA tells Teo

Its chairperson, Heng Seai Kie, questions why Teo never took action when she was deputy education minister.

LETTER | Period checks and fires of hell - address root cause

LETTER | Period checks and fires of hell - address root cause

Is it a heavy sense of overzealous responsibility and fear of afterlife repercussions?

Lawyers offer to help parents sue schools, teachers for 'period spot checks'

Lawyers offer to help parents sue schools, teachers for 'period spot checks'

My friends and I are willing to represent them free of charge, says lawyer Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos.

LETTER | Period spot check a repulsive practice

LETTER | Period spot check a repulsive practice

It is high time that the practice of force in religious teachings is scrutinised and immediately discontinued.
Period spot checks may cause lasting psychological impact, experts warn

Period spot checks may cause lasting psychological impact, experts warn

This can result in anxiety, depression and low self-esteem, says MMHA president.

YOURSAY | End period spot checks, treat our children with dignity

YOURSAY | End period spot checks, treat our children with dignity

‘My salute to the girls, some whom are women now, who voiced out and relived the trauma…’
'Period spot checks' a violation of child's rights, says Suhakam

'Period spot checks' a violation of child's rights, says Suhakam

'A clearer disciplinary guideline must be developed to ensure such acts are not repeated.'
LETTER | Make our schools safe

LETTER | Make our schools safe

Children continue to be groped, bullied, raped and marginalised.

Period spot checks should never happen again - minister

Period spot checks should never happen again - minister

Rina Harun says she will engage with Education Ministry, Mara to put a stop to the practice.

COMMENT | Punish the period spot checkers

COMMENT | Punish the period spot checkers

Everyone under the sun must loudly condemn such practices to show that it is unacceptable to Malaysians.

LETTER | Delay no more: Stop 'period spot checks' now

LETTER | Delay no more: Stop 'period spot checks' now

Comprehensive sexual education must also be introduced in schools.

Period spot checks must be stopped, condemned: Ex-education minister

Period spot checks must be stopped, condemned: Ex-education minister

Maszlee says doing so in the name of discipline, education unjustified in any pedagogy, culture, religion or norms.

COMMENT | The sexual predators whom we call school administrators

COMMENT | The sexual predators whom we call school administrators

Groping to see if the girls are wearing sanitary pads is sexual harassment.
Period spot checks ruined my schooling life, recalls former student

Period spot checks ruined my schooling life, recalls former student

Twenty years have passed but a woman still feels affected by the harassment she suffered.

'Totally disgusting' - Rafidah wants action on period spot checks

'Totally disgusting' - Rafidah wants action on period spot checks

I would have been traumatised for life, says former minister Azalina.

Period spot checks: Mara to review complaints on its colleges

Period spot checks: Mara to review complaints on its colleges

Chairperson Azizah Mohd Dun says she is opposed to such practices but have no information on the incidents.

Kulai MP demands education minister, deputies address period spot check reports

Kulai MP demands education minister, deputies address period spot check reports

Teo Nie Ching says the ministry has been disturbingly silent on the matter so far.

Penang mufti speaks out against period spot checks

Penang mufti speaks out against period spot checks

Islam doesn't allow embarrassing checks to see if a girl is menstruating, says Wan Salim.