A climate change protest organised by Klimate Action Utara Malaysia and Klima Action Malaysia in Bayan Baru, Penang, on May 24 involving SJK Sungai Ara students. — Picture via Facebook/Klimate Action Utara Malaysia
“The school has been placed under heavy pressure over this issue; the education department is now investigating the school,” someone close to the school board toldHe said the 11 students from the school who took part in the climate change protest in Bayan Baru here went to the event on their own initiative.
However, he said the school will not take any action against the students as they did it after school hours and they were under their parents’ responsibility then. “On the same day, hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren around the world, walked out of their classroom urging their respective governments to act on climate crisis,” he said.
He said schools, teachers and students should not be penalised for taking part in the Global Climate Strike that pushed for more awareness on climate change. “The students were accompanied by their parents. There was no abuse here. If anybody is abusing, it is the politicians who are using this issue and blowing it out of proportion,” she said.