Urgent measures needed to help at-risk students


PETALING JAYA: The Education Ministry should make use of existing trained counsellors to help school students who may be suffering from sadness, depression or a lack of interest in learning, says educationist Prof Tan Sri Dr T. Marimuthu.

While mental health and learning disability problems among students are not new issues, he said the problem had escalated with the Covid-19 pandemic.

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