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Monday, July 29, 2013

Seri Pristana headmaster to return to work tomorrow


Headmaster Mohamad Nasir Mohd Noor will report to work tomorrow after being ordered to take a week's leave to calm the furore over asking his SK Seri Pristana students to have their recess in a shower room.

Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) officials of the Saujana Utama primary school said there has been no decision to transfer Nasir to another school as it would only heighten the controversy surrounding the school further.

"We heard that he will be coming back on Tuesday and no news has reached us about him being transferred or any new headmaster ... nothing. So, we take it he will be in the school come Tuesday," PTA committee member Major Hardeep Singh told The Malaysian Insider.

PTA chairman Hussein Mohd Ariff confirmed Nasir's return but said he was still unsure about the possibility of Nasir being transferred out to another school.

"Things in the school are slowly returning to normal and we hope to get back on track fast," he said.

Hussein said the PTA was planning to organise a dialogue session with parents soon to address problems which arose from using the shower room for recess.

"We were not able to hold one at the height of the controversy and since things are beginning to settle, we want to ensure that we have cleared the matter for good," he told The Malaysian Insider.

Hussein said, this time, circulars would be issued to each and every parent to notify them formally about the session.

News of Nasir authorising the use of the shower room as an extension to the school's canteen went viral after the mother of a student, only known as Guneswari Kelly, took pictures of students having their meals in the location and had it posted on Facebook.

Nasir then came under fire for his action but he gave a range of reasons including renovations in the canteen to replace doors and space constraints due to the school's growing enrolment.

The spiralling fiasco had also prompted a visit by Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan who announced the matter resolved as it was not about race nor religion but a matter of overcrowding and safety.

His statement fuelled the uproar further, especially in cyberspace. An online war has since taken place with some supporters creating a Facebook page for the embattled headmaster.

Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor blamed the opposition on Saturday for distorting the canteen issue by putting the blame on the school authorities and the education ministry.

He said Putrajaya would defend Nasir if he was not guilty of any wrongdoing.

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