A Total Of 21,316 Malaysian Children Have Dropped Out From School & It’s Worrying

The lockdown has affected people in various ways. From losing jobs, to being affected not only physically but also mentally.

A tweet posted by the former Minister of Education, Maszlee Malik reveals a shocking number of children who dropped out of school throughout the whole pandemic situation.

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Semenjak Mac 2020 sehingga Julai 2021 seramai 21,316 anak-anak telah berhenti sekolah!!!

Apakah yang telah berlaku kepada Malaysia???

Ya Allah selamatkanlah negara dan bangsaku dari ketidaktentuan masa hadapan dek kebobrokan para penguasa yang jadong ? pic.twitter.com/EKtpKdB7gl

— Maszlee Malik ??? (@maszlee) December 5, 2021

Based on the statement embedded in the tweet, a total of 21,316 children have officially dropped out from school before the actual end-time of the schooling period.

The data states from March till December 2020, a total of 11,301 children have quit school and adding another 10,015 children from January till July 2021, which make up the total number of 21,316 children.

Sad and devastated with the information received, Maszlee Malik questions what is happening to our country. 

Teachers have voiced out

A number of teachers commented under the tweet posted by Maszlee Malik, telling their experience and explaining some of the reasons driving the students into quitting.

“For my school they choose to drop out for various reasons. Some because of their family’s decision, and some to work and provide for family. Even after counselling, the students still choose to not go to school anymore.”

One Twitter user said that 4 of her students quit in the midst of school due to various reasons.

Malaysians are extremely worried

Witnessing our future generation going south, netizens are very worried about the children’s education.

“This is really sad… We are way worse than the third world country.”

Mentioning how bad this will affect the our future generation, mindset, and country, a Twitter user expresses her devastation.

Believing that this might be the cause of education poverty as the majority could not afford online learning, one Twitter user pointed out how many children are actually brilliant and could possibly stop their family’s poverty if they had a chance.

We hope the people responsible will do something about this issue, as this will affect the future of our next generation.

We would love to hear more feedback from teachers on this. Please leave your comments in the comment section.

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