PETALING JAYA: An Ipoh teacher — who was previously isolated in a storeroom for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine — has welcomed the government’s decision to allow unvaccinated teachers to return to school.
His lawyer, Amin Anuar, told FMT that although the teacher had yet to be officially informed about the new directive by the Kinta Utara district education office, he remained optimistic.
“Based on the education ministry’s announcement, my client can now return to work as usual.”
Amin said they also remained hopeful that the Shah Alam High Court would rule in their favour on their request for a judicial review application filed earlier to set aside an Oct 18, 2021 education ministry circular that they claimed discriminated against civil servants who refused vaccination.
Earlier this week, education minister Radzi Jidin said unvaccinated teachers would be allowed to return to school.
However, he said those in the classrooms and enclosed spaces at school were required to keep wearing their face masks.
The unvaccinated teacher, with 15 years’ teaching experience, claimed he was “treated unfairly” by his school’s headmaster and district education office after he refused to be inoculated.
This was despite the fact that he had produced a letter from doctors stating he was suffering from a severe allergy due to food and medicines.
He added that taking the Covid-19 vaccine could put his health at risk.
The teacher was subsequently placed in a storeroom before being moved to a Teachers’ Activities Centre (PKG) by the education department.
He was allowed to conduct his classes online. He was not allowed to return to school in March when the government allowed students to return for physical classes.
Amin said they had issued a letter of demand to the school head for alleged discrimination.
He added they were still in discussions on whether to pursue legal action against the head. - FMT
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