IPOH: The Education Ministry is looking into the possibility of installing closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) to beef up security in view of the recent child kidnapping cases.
Referring to the case of the missing five-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar, Education Director-General Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom on Monday said, "Schools that can afford to install CCTVs should do so at strategic areas of their compounds."
He said the proposal to install CCTVs had been discussed at the ministerial level and he hoped the ministry could obtain some allocation for them.
The move was among several other measures proposed at a two-day management meeting here attended by state education directors, senior education officers and 26 teachers' unions.
Last week, Sharlinie was reported missing while playing about 200m from her house in Taman Dato Harun in Petaling Jaya.
She was the second child to be reported missing in the Taman Medan area after a six-year-old girl had been abducted while playing about 2km from where Sharlinie had disappeared.
The other girl was located a few hours later in Wangsa Maju, Setapak.
Alimuddin said the disappearance of Sharlinie had caught the attention of the teaching community.
"We understand the concern of parents for the safety of their children, particularly when they are travelling to and from school," he said.
He added that the ministry would remind all school heads to take extra precaution to ensure the safety of the pupils.
School heads had been instructed to remind pupils of the need to safeguard themselves such as not to trust strangers and to refrain from receiving gifts or getting into the cars of strangers, he said.
He also urged school heads to discuss with members of the Parent-Teacher Association, non-governmental organisations and the local community on measures to boost security.
Source: The Star
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