Recommendations to resolve children’s educational rights issues include: (i) Online learning was not applicable to Sarawak - due to the nonavailability of internet access, relevant gadgets and electricity supply, and difficulty of getting reliable internet coverage over vast areas; (ii) The Government must explore other methods of teaching and learning. Alternatively, the Government should invest in internet facilities and provide financial assistance for all students, especially the underprivileged students. Companies are encouraged to practise corporate social responsibility (CSR) by taking up the Sarawak government’s proposal to build towers for internet connection; (iii) Teachers and students may conduct learning and teaching through radio, telegram, and WhatsApp. During the 1950s, radio was used to deliver lessons to students in Malaysia and Tibet. (iv) RTM should explore other options, including expanding TV and Radio Pendidikan coverage to remote areas in Malaysia; (v) There is a need for new policy and guidelines for Alternative Learning Centres and Community Learning Centres to operate effectively. This includes the government’s recognition and acknowledgement of the system to enable stateless children to gain proper education; (vi) The Kampung Marak Parak villagers reported that there was no secondary school in Marak Parak. The closest secondary schools are SMK Kota Marudu I and SMK Kota Marudu II, which are approximately 40km from their village. The children have to live in hostels or travel a distance to reach the secondary school, and have to bear the additional cost incurred; (vii) There are insufficient secondary schools in Kota Marudu. For example, SK Langkon has to share a school with SMK Langkon; (viii) Research the implications of caning and assess its damage in correcting children’s misconduct; (ix) The culture normalising caning within our education system should not be prolonged as children will not understand and learn through violence; (x) Corporal punishment is not the best solution to overcome bullying as ‘violence begets violence’; (xi) Victims may be traumatised and suffer the effects of bullying and caning. Everyone should empathise with the victims, understand the implications of bullying and find ways to overcome the issue. 94 ANNUAL REPORT 2020