KUALA LUMPUR: To keep children safe from danger, the Prime Minister has suggested that a single session for schools be implemented.
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said this would mean students starting school as they were doing now and ending at 4pm.
“If it can be done, it will be a massive exercise,” he told reporters yesterday after chairing the Umno supreme council meeting.
“This will be a relief when both parents know their children are in school so they will be safer.”
This was the view, he said, of many working parents who were not at home to monitor their children when they got back from school.
Abdullah, who is Umno president, said the students could complete their homework or take part in extra-curricular activities during the last few hours.
He said a combination of ways was needed to keep children safe from any danger.
“Everyone must carry out one’s responsibilities and not only fault the authorities or the police,” he said when asked whether parents should be held responsible for negligence leading to children being hurt.
On the recent murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazmin, Abdullah said police would hunt for the criminal until those responsible were caught.
He also said the Government wanted to “reactivate” the Rukun Tetangga movement so the people could keep a vigilant eye on strangers in their neighbourhood.
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