Failing the subject, 3 students sued the teacher for lack of teaching responsibility, resulting in the teacher falling on his back

A group of 3 students in Malaysia has successfully sued their English teacher, as well as the school principal, for violating the country's constitutional right to education. In the end, all 3 received compensation up to more than 260 million VND.

This information quickly spread strongly on social networking forums. Because the fact that teachers are sued by students for "teaching cups" is really something that has never happened before. The outcome of the trial once again surprised many people.

Before each exam, students spend a lot of time practicing. Everyone expects to achieve good results after studying hard. However, if unfortunately the exam fails, but part of the fault is that the teacher has not completed the teaching task well, what will happen? Not every student is brave enough to take their teacher to court.

Recently, according to the South China Morning Post, a group of 3 former students of a high school in Malaysia successfully sued their former English teacher, as well as the school principal, for violating the country's constitutional right to education.

The plaintiffs, Rusiah Sabdarin, Allisya Hamali and Calvina Angayung, are all 22 years old. This group of girls sued on the grounds that: by the time they were in grade 10, their former teacher had not been in class for 7 months, causing them to fail English. This is also the first case of a teacher being sued by students in court for "hanging up" multiple times.

In addition to the former teacher, the lawsuit names 4 other defendants (including the principal, the education minister). They are accused of infringing on the right of 3 former sororities to be educated; failing to fulfil the duties stipulated in the Education Act 1996 by failing to ensure that 3 girls are reviewed in preparation for examinations.

The complaint further stated that prior to the lawsuit, 3 female students had complained to the 4 defendants but the matter was not resolved. Because of this, all 3 decided to "fight" to the end to protect justice.

Initially, when they heard about it, many people thought that this lawsuit would definitely not benefit the above group of students. Because it is inherently unusual to sue a teacher for not growing up for many days. But in the end, the judge delivered a ruling that took many by surprise.

Specifically, Judge Leonard David Shim, of the Kota Kinabalu City Court (Sabah state, Malaysia) ruled on July 18 that 3 former schoolgirls had succeeded in their case.

The court also found that the principal had breached his duties under the Civil Servants (Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1993. Judge Shim said the act violated the three students' right to access education, which is guaranteed to them under the federal constitution. After the court's ruling, all 3 students were compensated more than 260 million VND each.

"The defendants must pay damages to the 3 schoolgirls. Each child received compensation of 11,000 USD per person (261 million VND)," the judge decided at the trial.

Commenting on his verdict, Sabah Minister Hajiji Noor said the incident was a very disappointing one. At the same time, he also hopes that teacher shutdowns will not happen in the future.

In addition, Mr. Sabah also frankly praised the actions of the group of 3 students for daring to stand up for justice. According to him, Malaysians have the right to do so, everyone is protected by the country's laws.

Currently, this issue is still being hotly discussed on social networking forums in Malaysia. The country's students are showing great interest and becoming more confident about their civic "power."

Malaysia is one of the few countries with good education in the top category in ASEAN and Asia. The objectives of the Malaysian education system include: access to education, quality, equality, unity and efficiency can be considered as cross-cutting and synchronous goals that cannot be underestimated by any of the goals of the country's educational reform.