Selangor Journal
Teacher Farah Hanim Abdul Majid setting up a barcode for Qaireen Qeesya Mohd Nasir’s bag for attendance recording and body temperature monitoring purposes on the first day of school reopening for Standard One to Standard Four pupils at Sekolah Putrajaya Presint 9 (1) on July 22, 2021. — Picture by BERNAMA

Khairy to discuss with MOE on making vaccination compulsory for teachers

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 4 —  A discussion on the vaccination mandate for teachers will be held with Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. 

 He said the mandate on whether to make vaccination compulsory for teachers has its own legal implications. 

“I have to discuss with the Education Ministry (MOE). There are legal implications so we have to discuss with MOE minister later on the sectoral mandate and whether it can be made compulsory,” he said in a special interview at his ministry here yesterday.

Earlier, Radzi said MOE has decided that teachers who refuse to be vaccinated would not be allowed to interact with students face-to-face when schools reopen on October 3 to ensure that the school ecosystem is safe for students.

He said there are 2,500 teachers who have not been vaccinated and that 96.7 per cent have received at least one shot while 85.26 per cent have completed both shots.

— Bernama

 

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