Good job: Lee (in cap) and Eco World Southern Region and Eco World Foundation staff with students and teachers who took part in the three-day motivational camp during the closing ceremony.
JOHOR BARU: The Education Ministry should increase the number of trained counselling teachers in schools to help steer problematic students to the right path instead of caning to discipline them, said social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
The Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman said caning in schools should be the last resort and counselling them would be more effective in understanding and teaching the students.
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