Cleaning Toilets Schools Can Start With Naughty Students First Pta

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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's suggestion that school students must be trained to clean toilets has received support from the National Parent-Teacher Association.
Its president Mohamad Ali Hasan proposed that schools first start applying it to students with disciplinary problems.
"The suggestion that students should be trained to clean their school toilets with the aim of educating them about cleanliness and looking after public assets is not out of the ordinary and we strongly support it.
"Perhaps we can suggest that every class takes turns to clean toilets, surau and the corridor around their classrooms.
"In the old days, it was normal for students to be ordered to pick up trash from school fields, among others. Maybe as a start, naughty students and those who have disciplinary issues like bullying others can be ordered to do such social work like cleaning school toilets," he told Malaysiakini.
The cleanliness of educational institutions, or even workplaces for that matter, is the responsibility of everyone who uses the facilities, Ali added.
Yesterday, the prime minister called for children to be taught to wash toilets to ensure that comfort and hygiene at schools are maintained.
By being trained to do so, Anwar said the students will learn about cleanliness and respecting others, while indirectly understanding and appreciating the housework their mothers do.
In response to this, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek tweeted last night that her ministry will work on the implementation of the idea.
"I welcome the prime minister's suggestion that students are roped into learning about cleanliness at school.
"The Education Ministry will work on the details to implement this idea so that students will get the overall impact and added value," she said. - Mkini

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