Child Development Plan Gets Selangor Assembly Ok

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Selangor executive councillor Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud presented a motion to approve the child development policy and action plan. (Bernama pic)SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state assembly has unanimously approved a state child development policy and action plan until the year 2025.
Selangor state assembly Speaker, Ng Suee Lim said the motion was adopted unanimously after seven assemblymen debated the motion today.
The motion was presented by executive councillor Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud.
It focuses on 10 main domains, including parental and pre-natal preparation, social development, communication, early education and childcare, family prosperity, education (primary and secondary), the role of technology in child development, infrastructure and safety, socioeconomic and stakeholder involvement.
“In Selangor, we study from every aspect, including social and culture, elderly, and children. No other state has tabled such a policy throughout these five years,” he told reporters after the assembly sitting today.
Dr Siti Mariah had said when presenting the motion that the policy was accompanied by a strategic action plan that is being drafted to achieve all 10 domains.
She said programme development and initiatives relating to children could be implemented strategically and in line with the demography and psychography of children in Selangor.
If all the challenges relating to child issues could be successfully solved, Selangor would see a positive result from the policy within five to 10 years.
“It is hoped that the policy will provide a clear and systematic guideline to the development of happy children in Selangor,” she added.
The state assembly, which met since Monday, has been adjourned. - FMT

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