NGO Sisters In Islam (SIS) has taken Senior Education Minister Mohd Radzi Jidin to task over his statement in Parliament that period spot checks were a tradition practised among school seniors on their juniors and that the students were unaware that such checks were not official.

"This is cause for critical concern. The statement made by the minister gives the impression since it is a tradition that was passed down from seniors to juniors that students were to blame for period spot checks.

"This also begs the question, if they were conducted by teachers...