Ensure school lockers serve purpose to prevent waste

PETALING JAYA: Providing lockers to primary school pupils is a good move towards solving the perennial problem of heavy schoolbags.Stakeholders said measures must, however, be in place to make sure the lockers serve their purpose and not end up a waste of funds.

Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim said steps must be taken to prevent the lockers from being vandalised.“Principals must be taken to task if vandalism occurs under their watch,” she said, adding that students should be given the leeway to decide how best to use the lockers.Noor Azimah said the introduction of lockers by the Education Ministry was a good move as similar initiatives taken by parent-teacher associations and schools in the past have proven effective.