COMMENT | Citizens or not, let children learn

COMMENT | Education is a human right. Every single individual, especially children, has a right to an education. It should be provided without any discrimination.

It doesn’t matter if you are Malay, Chinese, or Indian, you should have a right to an education. Whether a child has an identification card or not, personally, I still think that he or she has a right to an education.

Recently, 10-year-old R Shivaani was denied entry into school because of citizenship issues. According to her father P Rajheswaran, she had been attending Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Taman Sri Pagi, Senawang Standard One to Two, but was then told that she couldn’t continue to Standard Four.

Her citizenship issues stem from her parents’ unregistered marriage and also separation.

But after a letter to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and a meeting with the state education department, Rajheswaran has...