24 children in Kuching and Serian receive temporary identification documents
KUCHING: A group of 24 children from Kuching and Serian divisions were granted their Sarawak Temporary Identification Documents (DSITKS) on Tuesday (June 20). These documents, received during a handover ceremony at CSSC Kuching, will provide the children access to government-provided education and healthcare services. Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah explained that this group of children was […]
Solve issues of undocumented children
SIBU: Opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) has come out in defence of a nine-year-old girl who was stopped from continuing to attend classes on the account of not having the required documentation. In bringing up the case of Jeanny Lianna Ating from Lawas, the party said it has highlighted yet again the plight of undocumented […]
Call for fresh guidelines on stateless children
KUCHING: The government should change the education guidelines and requirements to enable stateless children to attend school, said Dayak Iban Association (SADIA) Rajang branch chairman Bill Jugah. The association recently uploaded a special form on its portal for undocumented children to receive formal education. The form has been downloaded more than 250 times since Jan […]
Pushing for stateless children’s right to education
KUCHING: Undocumented children should not be deprived of their right to education. It is high time the ministries of education and home affairs make some changes to the system. Many such children had various issues with their applications for identification documents and citizenship although they were born and raised in Sarawak. Recently, the Sarawak Dayak […]
Register the births of your children
MIRI: Parents have been urged to register the births of their children immediately to prevent them from becoming stateless. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has given this advice to parents in the state many times before and today (Oct 26), she reiterated the call to them. She […]
Glad Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship is revived
KUCHING: Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has thanked the federal government for having approved the reinstatement of the Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship (SSCOC) which will assist undocumented children when they apply for Malaysian citizenship. Its secretary general Libat Langub said in a statement on Friday (Apr 9) that the SSCOC will be […]
