Flexible option: The circular stressed that no party may impose or pressure students regarding necktie use. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
JOHOR BARU: To tie or not to tie, that is the question now knotting opinion following the Education Ministry’s move to make school neckties optional, a decision that has ignited questions about whether discipline is taught or worn.
Malaysian Education Concorde Organisation (Me’Didik) chairman Mohd Ridhwan Othman said many schools in Johor have long required students to wear neckties, with some institutions even being easily identified by their distinctive ties.
