The First Five To Enter The "School"

It is too early to say whether the country’s first school for pregnant teens will bring more goods or more bads. But in the context of our country today where the problems of "pregnant teens" and "abandoned babies"  are becoming worse, it is not wrong to try this method to see whether it may able to give positive impacts in the society.

The school is official opened and some "students" started to enter it.

JASIN: Three days after the country’s first school for pregnant teens officially opened its doors, five young mothers-to-be bravely stepped into Sekolah Harapan here yesterday to register for classes.

The girls, aged 16 to 17, and accompanied by their parents, met school officials for a briefing at Rumah Harapan, the dormitory adjacent to the school, at about 9.15am.

School chairman Datuk Ab Rahaman Ab Karim told reporters that the girls – from Malacca, Johor, Negri Sembilan, Pahang and Kuala Lumpur – would begin lessons as soon as they became oriented with the school and dormitory conditions.

“They came here willingly and with the consent of their parents as they wish to continue their studies and sit for their examinations,” he said, adding that four of the girls would be preparing for the upcoming SPM examinations.

The other girl is a Fourth Former.

Ab Rahaman said the girls, all in the second trimester of their pregnancy, would be moving into the 15-bed dormitory within the next few days “after sorting out official matters”.

He said the security, welfare and privacy of the teens were the utmost concern of the school.

Ab Rahaman said of the five girls who enrolled, one was Chinese and the rest were Malays.

“Although the teens will have to follow regulations and visitor access is restricted, parents can officially request to take their daughters out to spend time with the family during weekends,” Ab Rahaman said.

Meanwhile, the school also received its first walk-in inquiries when two women from here, in their early 40s, met officials to check out the facilities “on behalf of a friend”.

The school is run by the Malacca Islamic Affairs Department.

Source: The Star Online