Pupils who don’t wear Jalur Gemilang badge won’t face action

 

The Jalur Gemilang badge initiative will be carried out in stages from April 21, the education ministry said.

PETALING JAYA: 

No disciplinary action will be taken against schoolchildren who fail to wear the Jalur Gemilang badge on their uniforms, says the education ministry.

In an FAQ about the initiative that will be implemented in stages from April 21, the ministry said the badges were aimed at fostering patriotism and not an “enforcement measure”.

The ministry also said the badges would come in the form of a pin badge, which would make it easy to be attached to any type of school uniform, Bernama reported.

Two Jalur Gemilang badges will be distributed for free to pupils of public schools for the 2025-2026 school session.

The schoolchildren will be required to wear the 5cm x 2cm plastic badge on their right chest.

The initiative has faced criticism from the Melaka Action Group for Parents in Education which called it a waste of resources if children were not raised with values of unity and tolerance.

Gerakan had also urged the ministry to look beyond such surface-level initiatives, suggesting that the school curriculum be revised to instil patriotic values and nurture interethnic harmony instead. - FMT