Making sure our children learn


Watchful eyes: Habibah visiting SK Seri Suria, Kuala Lumpur, to check on the first day of the free breakfast programme for pupils last year before the start of the pandemic. — File photo

IN a short span of 15 months since her appointment in January last year, the recently retired Education Ministry director-general (DG) Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim, 60, found herself in unchartered waters, helping the ministry navigate through a pandemic.

Only the second woman to hold the position after Tan Sri Dr Asiah Abu Samah, Habibah, who retired last month, relied on her 35 years in the civil service to see her through.

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