GOOD teachers know that learning happens not when people get everything right but when they examine what went wrong. Malaysian governance would benefit from using this same approach.
The recent decision to scrap the 45-hour work week for more than 82,000 healthcare workers in the public sector reveals not just another policy pivot but also Malaysia’s deeper struggle with institutional wisdom. It followed the resistance to the proposal to extend working hours for nurses from 42 to 45 per week.
