Malaysia Rises for Clean Education

LATEST update 

— 22 SEPT

 2023

campaign updates

Catch up on the Tiada.Guru Campaign's updates on social media, the website, and in the world. The photos & illustrations below are credited in each post: it is time for Sabah's governance & justice to match its natural beauty & peace.

campaign statements

30 May
 
2023
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Campaign
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Petition: Protect Cikgu Nurhaizah Ejab, the MOE whistleblower teacher from Sabah

Cikgu Nurhaizah: grew up in Kg. Taun Gusi → SMK Taun Gusi student -> SMK Taun Gusi teacher. She is a national hero.

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22 Sep
 
2023
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Campaign

Murray Hunter's "Teacher absenteeism: Malaysia’s biggest education problem"

"This problem tends to happen more in poor rural settings and contributes to the continuing cycle of poverty."

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20 Aug
 
2023
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Website

For Parents: Printable SOP Reference on Extreme Teacher Absenteeism

For easy access and easy printing: the SOPs you need to force the issue with a school principal.

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19 Jul
 
2023
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Campaign

Ex-Students Rusiah, Calvina, Nur Natasha's Victory Has Reset Malaysia’s Trajectory For Justice, Unity, And Progress

The oppressive culture of fear against children and Ministry teachers has lost its power.

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8 Jul
 
2023
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Campaign

Illustrations for Malaysia's Whistleblowers

Hope is not found, but made.

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13 Jun
 
2023
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Campaign

Unite Malaysians by Turning On the Lights

Whistleblowers uniquely unite Malaysians towards a heroic national duty.

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12 Jun
 
2023
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Campaign

50+ Reasons for Serious Whistleblower Protection Yesterday

Protect Malaysia's remaining heroes. You may not have another chance.

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6 Jun
 
2023
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Campaign

14 reasons why this trial was historic

Today’s system is not interested in the rule of law. A new system of independent enforcement is the only way.

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31 May
 
2023
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Campaign

The Public Ombudsman, a Summary: Make Justice the Default

One key trait of Malaysia’s “internal regulatory attempts” is their rapid expiration date: they launch with obvious defects and limited powers.

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31 May
 
2023
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Campaign

MOE teacher becomes whistleblower of the decade at High Court trial; eight students testified vs MOE

The Sabah saga that will reverberate in history.

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16 Jan
 
2023
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Campaign

Open Letter to Fadhlina Sidek: Your Absent Teacher High Court Trial

To: the Minister of Education. From: MOE Teacher Whistleblowers.

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1 Nov
 
2021
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Campaign

The Cahaya Reforms

Enough talk: here's what we need to truly make schools a safer place. We present a serious, unified set of proposals from child survivors, MOE teacher whistleblowers, and aggrieved parents.

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2 Sep
 
2021
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Campaign

Children, Justice, Sabah, and Whistleblowers

For decades, children in Malaysia have been at war against corrupt senior public servants and politician-cowards.

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21 Jul
 
2021
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Campaign

Forum 2.0: End Corruption in Education with People-Powered Solidarity

What is our role and what is our path forward? #MakeSchoolsASaferPlace

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28 May
 
2021
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Campaign

2020 Litigation Update: The Government Has Not Filed Its Defence For 155+ Days

The Ministry of Education still has not defended its officers in High Court after multiple extensions, delays. #MakeSchoolsASaferPlace

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19 May
 
2021
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Campaign

Volunteer with Tiada.Guru

Volunteer with the Tiada.Guru Campaign: we are a local movement of teachers, parents, and students fighting for a clean education system.

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6 May
 
2021
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Campaign

Ethics in Education

Imagine believing that what's actually wrong in the world is the people with the least power in the world.

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29 Apr
 
2021
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Campaign

Education Ministry must commit to safe environment for students

He said the ministry has been “drilling until now”, “checking one by one” and asking “all divisions” but the “answer was no”.

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31 Mar
 
2021
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Campaign

Answered: Top Forum Questions

The country is damn curious what has happened to our education system. It is time for the truth, from the inside out. Your questions have been answered.

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28 Jan
 
2021
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Campaign

The Students That Sued The Teachers Forum

Tiada.Guru x Borneo Komrad x PACOS Trust x MCCHR. Ask your questions for our first-ever forum panel, held live on Facebook on Saturday January 30th, 2021 at 8pm.

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13 Dec
 
2020
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Campaign

MACC HQ and 0.01%

Why don't public servants report corruption more? Hint: the former MACC Chief literally fled the country five years ago because of threats against his life.

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11 Dec
 
2020
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Campaign

The Launch of the Tiada.Guru Campaign: Malaysia Rises for Clean Education

Tiada.Guru Introduces Justice Campaign for 21-Year-Old Sabahan Plaintiff Already 3x Victorious Over Federal Government in High Court

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2 Dec
 
2020
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Campaign

The Top 10 Misconceptions about this Public Interest Litigation

The misconceptions, half-truths, and bad faith tactics: how to beat back the darkness, desperately working to ensure corruption feels legitimate and even "good".

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14 Nov
 
2020
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Campaign

The Top 10 Facts about this Public Interest Litigation

Bonus fact: oppressors love to set their self-serving narratives first because their underlying goals are always to strengthen their reputation, power, and wealth.

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2 Nov
 
2020
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Campaign

High Court Trial Delayed due to CMCO: No New Date Yet

Due to yet another difficult COVID-19 wave because of the Sabah State election, the High Court of Kota Kinabalu has been closed and many trial dates, including this one, have been vacated.

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24 Sep
 
2020
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Campaign

6,000+ Signatures Against UM Lecturer Accused of Sexual Harassment by His Students

6,000 signatures and counting as of 23 September 2020. Sign today if you have not already.

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1 Sep
 
2020
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Campaign

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn why we started, what we're fighting for, and where we're going.

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27 Aug
 
2020
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Campaign

Prosecute Alleged Sexual Harassment by Senior Lecturer at University of Malaya

What happens when a university, the police, & the Attorney General all agree "internal disciplinary investigations" replace criminal prosecution of an alleged sexual predator senior lecturer?

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27 May
 
2020
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Website

MACC Act Added

Corruption in education: it exists throughout Malaysia's 13 states & three federal territories, from the Ministry in Putrajaya to the principal's office. Enough is enough. Not one more student.

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24 May
 
2020
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Campaign

Our System Today

Accountability is shared. Responsibility is not. Who failed? Who put their private interests over the country? Who oversaw human rights abuses? Who must face the consequences?

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20 May
 
2020
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Campaign

Our Story

Decades of injustice are coming to an end. The truth is about to prevail because we've made sure they've run out of places to hide.

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31 Oct
 
2018
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Website

Website Credits

Photo credits, original art sources, and a lot of links to great work: discover the creativity coloring the Tiada.Guru campaign to end extreme teacher absenteeism in Malaysia.

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in the news

Sabahan teens fighting against absent teachers and Family Frontiers win Suaram’s human rights award

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — Civil societies Light Brigade and Family Frontiers Network of Malaysian Mothers for Equal Citizenship were today announced as joint winners of Suara Rakyat Malaysia’s (Suaram) 25th human rights award 2023.

Malay Mil

malaymail.com

  ·  Dec 08, 2023

Teacher absenteeism case: Call for whistleblower protection

KUALA LUMPUR: The government must provide teacher Nurhaizah Ejab full whistleblower protection, urged the 'Tiada Guru' campaign activists.

New Straits Times

nst.com.my

  ·  May 31, 2023

'Tiada Guru' wants govt protection for whistleblower teacher

Insufficient protection for teachers ensuring accountability.

Malaysiakini

malaysiakini.com

  ·  May 31, 2023

'Cikgu ponteng' - K'jaan digesa lindungi guru pemberi maklumat

Penyokong Kempen 'Tiada Guru' menggesa kerajaan beri perlindungan kepada Nurhaizah sebagai pemberi maklumat.

Malaysiakini

malaysiakini.com

  ·  May 30, 2023

Temuduga Astro Awani x Tiada.Guru: RMK12 |  Ini Suara Anak Muda

Ikuti perbincangan menyeluruh bersama Nailah Huda dan tujuh anak muda - Alina Amir, Calvin Cheng, Shahrizal Denci, Tengku Qistina, Iskandar Fareez, Aidil Iman dan Fiqah Roslan.

Astro Awani

youtube.com

  ·  Sept 26, 2021

‘Kids not guinea pigs’: don’t cover up corruption in education system, say activists

Tiada.Guru campaign backers say whistle-blowers who speak up on wrongdoing should be given protection. Corruption is the root of many problems in the education system, including alleged cover-ups, extreme absenteeism and retaliatory behaviours.  In an effort to address the matter, the Tiada.Guru campaign stated that cover-ups should not be tolerated and protection should be given to whistle-blowers.  The history of cover-ups will snowball into institutional issues, claimed campaign spokesman Fiqah Roslan during a recent webinar.

The Vibes

thevibes.com

  ·  Aug 25, 2021

'Play active roles in ending 'corruption' in education system'

People need to speak up and show their solidarity with whistleblowers to end the corrupt practices in the education sector.  Corruption, according to Firdaus Husni, the Human Rights strategy head for Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights, is not just materialistic elements but also in the form of protecting offenders from actions being taken against them.  She said the community should change their mindsets in terms of tolerating wrongdoings in the system.

News Straits Times

nst.com.my

  ·  July 25, 2021

Group calls for independent probe on Education Ministry's alleged negligence

The Tiada Guru group has called for an independent probe on the Education Ministry over alleged claims of negligence.  This is after the ministry failed to file its defence in a lawsuit after 155 days and counting. The lawsuit is over a teacher's purported failure to turn up for classes at a school in Kota Belud, Sabah.

Malaysiakini

malaysiakini.com

  ·  May 28,  2021

Sue if your right to education is breached, students told

PETALING JAYA: A human rights activist has told schoolchildren that they can file a suit against teachers if the children are denied rights to learn. Firdaus Husni, the chief human rights strategist at Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights, said all children have a basic right to education, and everyone has to help defend that right.

Free Malaysia Today

freemalaysiatoday.com

  ·  Jan 31, 2021

Pelajar boleh saman guru jika hak asasi mendapatkan pendidikan dicabul, kata bekas peguam

PETALING JAYA: Seorang bekas peguam berkata tidak salah pelajar menyaman guru mereka sekiranya hak asasi mereka untuk mendapatkan pendidikan telah dicabul. Menurut Firdaus Husni kanak-kanak di negara ini mempunyai hak asasi mereka yang berhak dipertahankan. "Budaya kita di Malaysia, kanak-kanak mesti menghormati dan tidak boleh melawan orang tua.

Free Malaysia Today

freemalaysiatoday.com

  ·  Jan 30, 2021

Kempen Tiada.Guru dilancarkan selepas kes guru tidak hadir 7 bulan di Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Kempen "Tiada.Guru" telah dilancarkan untuk menjadi suara bagi semua mangsa yang didiamkan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia(KPM). Kempen tersebut mendapat inspirasi dari kes seorang wanita muda dari Kota Belud yang telah menyaman guru Bahasa Inggeris kerana ketidakhadiran ke sekolah selama 7 bulan Pada akhir 2018, pelajar Siti Nafirah Siman yang ketika itu berusia 18...

Borneo Echo

borneoecho.com

  ·  Dec 14, 2020

'Tiada Guru' aims to shatter silence, impunity around Sabah's truant teachers

Nafirah Siman, bekas pelajar tingkatan 4 yang pernah tular pada 2018 kerana tindakannya saman guru masih lagi berjuang untuk isu ini.

Malaysiakini

malaysiakini.com

  ·  Dec 12, 2020

Absent teachers a necessary conversation

The views expressed in Aliran's media statements and the NGO statements we have endorsed reflect Aliran's official stand. Views and opinions expressed in other pieces published here do not necessarily reflect Aliran's official position.

Aliran

aliran.com

  ·  Sept 21, 2020

Consider This: Absent Teachers A Necessary Conversation

A study by Khazanah Research Institute found that despite going to school for an average of 12 years, Malaysian students receive only nine years worth of meaningful education. Does the problem of extreme teacher absenteeism contribute to this? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to child rights advocate Sharmila Sekaran, Peninsula Director, Tiada.Guru & Anne Lasimbang, Executive Director, PACOS.

Astro Awani

astroawani.com

  ·  Sept 1, 2020

This Petition Wants Criminal Action To Be Taken Against The UM Lecturer Accused Of Sexual Assault

Recently, the police dropped their case against a lecturer from the University of Malaya (UM) who allegedly sexually harassed a female student last year. The victim received a notice from authorities which stated that due to the lack of other witnesses and conclusive testimony, they would not be pressing further charges or be carrying the case forward, as said in a post by UMANY.

World of Buzz

worldofbuzz.com

  ·  Aug 31, 2020

Petition Seeks Criminal Action Against UM Lecturer After Sexual Harassment Case Dropped

"This legal stance is untenable, unfounded, and a disgusting illustration of how multiple institutions can protect the culture of fear, power, and silence: 'Justice means privilege for me and silence for you, lah,'" the group wrote. "When the accused is a lecturer, the power imbalance demands transparent, fair, and swift prosecution.

SAYS

says.com

  ·  Aug 30, 2020

Kes Guru Yang Ponteng Sepanjang Tahun, Ini Perkembangan Terkini Kes Saman Terhadapnya

Nafirah Siman, bekas pelajar tingkatan 4 yang pernah tular pada 2018 kerana tindakannya saman guru masih lagi berjuang untuk isu ini.

ORANGKATA

orangkata.my

  ·  Aug 20, 2020

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