JASIN: The country's first school for pregnant teens, School of Hope, received its first enrolment of students here Monday.
The teens, accompanied by their parents, were first required to make their formal application at the Malacca Islamic Religious Department (Jaim) in Kompleks Al Azim in Peringgit, before heading to the school.
The first to be seen was a young Chinese teen, who arrived with her parents at the school's dormitory, House of Hope, located adjacent to it, around 9.15am.
Jaim's chief enforcement officer Rahimin Bani said prospective applicants were interviewed Sunday.
He said the four-stage application processs involved an interview of the girl and her parents, submission of medical reports, background check and counselling, before registration.
He said that Jaim would also liaise closely with the relevant government agencies, such as the state welfare and registration departments, and Syariah courts here, to ensure proper procedures were followed.
"They (the teens) want to continue their studies and sit for their examinations.
"This the main reason they are here to enrol," he said when contacted Monday.
On Sunday, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said families of five pregnants teens had sought to enrol their daugthers in the school here.
The five, four Malays and a Chinese, will begin Form Four and Form Five
although our society have mixed reaction in accepting school of hope,i think it was a good ways to give the girl another change to change their fate
ReplyDeletealthough many people scrutinize the school of hope,i think it can help the girls to turn into new leaf and change for the better
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