Kuala Lumpur: The Ministry of Education (MOE) will extend the Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) concept to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah next month to help street children and undocumented children access formal education.
Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the opening of the school is part of the Ministry’s commitment to improve access to education for children from diverse backgrounds.
“The Ministry of Education is continuously working to improve access to education and the community plays an important role in making these efforts a success,” she said in her speech at the International Day of the Girl Child Festival 2023, here, Friday.
The first SBJK opened in Chow Kit in 2013 and enrols students from pre-school to secondary level, including children with social problems, undocumented children, school dropouts and orphans.
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She said that there are currently 17 SDHs across the country.
Referring to the problems of teenagers working as young as 15 and child marriage, Fadhlina said the compulsory secondary education policy is in its final stages.
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