Former education minister Maszlee Malik expressed great dismay after learning that as many as 21,316 students quit school between March 2020 and July 2021.

March 2020 coincided with the swearing-in of the Perikatan Nasional government of Muhyiddin Yassin and the very first movement control order to help contain the spread of Covid-19.

"As many as 21,316 children...