childhood

The number rises, when taking into account "non-contact" forms of sexual violence, such as online or verbal abuse, UNICEF reported.

The majority of refugee children in Malaysia struggle to access the early learning so crucial for their development. With the absence of a systematic approach, many refugee families and teachers are left navigating an under-resourced Early Childhood Education landscape—leaving refugee children behind their peers, threatening their developmental potential and future opportunities. To mark #WorldRefugeeDay2024 this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Kimberley Kong, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education and Child Development at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Fans were rooted in Kurt Cobain's own troubled childhood and personal unhappiness.

Prince William refers to Kate during discussions about homelessness and early childhood, one of his wife's key projects.

The Health Ministry will expand and improve existing health facilities in efforts to provide the best treatment to cancer patients, especially children.

Over the years, however, the success of the measles vaccine has led to complacency about the dangers that has fanned vaccine hesitancy.

There can be no national educational excellence without stronger equity of outcomes!

Malaysia has not made any headway in meeting the target for stunting over the last 20 years.

Preschool serves as the starting point for a child's lifelong learning journey, but there remains a void in investment. Aija Rinkinen and Tham Yin Yee from the World Bank address the gaps in early childhood education in Malaysia and improving the quality of teachers.

Improving accessibility to professional early childhood education accreditation for teachers will accelerate Malaysia's aspirations to provide quality childhood education to all.

While pre-school enrolment has increased by 17 per cent in the last decade, Malaysia still faces challenges in terms of access to education and teacher quality.

Al-Sultan Abdullah expressed the hope that the palace, where His Majesty and siblings were born and grew up, could be turned into a gallery.

After bringing the 1990s and Y2K years back into fashion, designers are now turning to the cartoons of their childhood.

The visit was organised by an NGO, Make-A-Wish Malaysia, to fulfil the childhood dream of the 15-year-old girl to meet the King and Queen.

Deadly diseases such as measles, tetanus and whooping cough are on the rise in Ethiopia's Tigray region after vaccination rates plunged.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.