JAIS mulls police clearance screening for religious school teachers
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) is formulating measures and guidelines to curb sexual misconduct involving students at religious schools.
The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) is considering new measures to prevent sexual misconduct involving students at religious schools, according to its director, Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad. Discussions are underway with the School Registration Committee to implement stricter teacher screening processes, potentially including police clearance for all teachers.
Shahzihan emphasized the need for security screening and discussed guidelines for interactions between students and teachers, such as stricter segregation and avoidance of special treatment or meetings at unsupervised hours. The state government has already handed over the investigation of a case involving an alleged sexual assault by a teacher to the police.
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