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: Farkra Ferdy’s parents noticed drastic changes in his behaviour whenever he returned home during the school holidays.
“He wanted to be like his brother who scored six As in SPM . He is also the type who loves to read during his free time. But we noticed changes in his behaviour ever since he started studying in the secondary school,” Farkra’s father Ferdy Along said. Ferdy, who is also the spokesman for Kg Kuala Wook residents, said currently more than 20 children from the village are studying at a mainstream secondary school and like his son, some of them have faced bullying and racial discrimination too.
While sad their son had to endure torment and abuse at the hands of the school bullies earlier, Farkra’s parents keep motivating him to study hard so that he can fulfil his dream of being a teacher. The mother of two, who has an SPM qualification and is a housewife, said some of her Orang Asli classmates were forced to terminate their studies as they could no longer tolerate the bullying and racial slurs hurled at them by others.
Pos Simpor acting headman Mohd Syafiq Dendi Abdullah, 30, said he himself was a victim, adding that the bullying culture was instrumental in him dropping out of school. He feels the new federal government should look into this issue more seriously and take steps to put a stop to it, adding that the Orang Asli have encountered bullying for years and children have dropped out of school because of it.
For the record, the Orang Asli community of Peninsular Malaysia consists of three main ethnic groups, namely Senoi , Proto-Malay and Negrito . It is understood that the dropout rate among Orang Asli schoolchildren dropped from 20% to 17% in 2016. In 2018, it dropped further to between 13% and 15%. The percentages were calculated based on the number of Year 6 pupils registering to enrol into Form 1 each year.
He said in view of the rather large number of Orang Asli schoolchildren enrolled in mainstream schools, it is pertinent that the government seriously look into the allegations of bullying.
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