SERI KEMBANGAN: Parents should monitor the web surfing habits of their children to prevent them from browsing pornographic sites.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, who said this, assured the people that students were not able to access pornographic sites in schools as the SchoolNet network and computers filtered those sites.
“So it is important that parents supervise their children as they can still access pornographic sites from home or at cybercafes,” he told reporters after launching a language campaign at SJK (C) Serdang Baru (1).
Dr Wee, who is MCA Youth chief, also advised parents to inform the school if their children were “addicted” to such websites.
Dr Wee was asked to comment on a post by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on his blog regarding pornography and moral decay among youths.
On the language campaign, he said it was a pilot project in Selangor aimed at helping pupils from vernacular schools master Bahasa Malaysia and English.
Dr Wee expressed hope that pupils would continue to improve their Bahasa Malaysia and English when the MBMMBI (Policy for Upholding the Malay Language, Strengthening the Command of English) is introduced in schools next year.
On another matter, the deputy minister said MCA had been conducting town hall meetings to get the community’s feedback on the proposal to scrap the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examinations.
“We will report our findings at the second roundtable discussion on UPSR and PMR next week,” he said.
