When schools teach the mind but forget to touch the heart


THE recent school stabbing incident has once again challenged us to rethink the purpose of education (“Stabbing incident at Kuala Langat secondary school leaves student injured”, The Star, July 6; online at bit.ly/4faBEiK).

While security measures, disciplinary procedures and preventive policies are essential, we must also ask a deeper question: What kind of human beings are our schools preparing students to become?

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