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Along The Watchtower

Truant MPs and skiving teachers

By M. Veera Pandiyan

SOME things never change. When I was studying during the 1960s and 70s, truancy was the main disciplinary problem in Malaysian schools.

It is still a major issue but there are bigger predicaments today: truant teachers and MPs playing hooky.

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Truancy; MPs and teachers
M. Veera Pandiyan

M. Veera Pandiyan

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