Maszlee urges hotel to offer pools for swimming lessons

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 21 Nov 2018 5:21PM · 8 Comments

Education Minister Maszlee Malik has urged hotels to offer their pools for swimming lessons for schoolchildren, suggesting that they can do it as corporate social responsibility initiatives. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, November 21, 2018.

THE private sector, especially hotels with swimming pools, were urged to offer the facilities to schools for student swimming activities.

Education Minister Maszlee Malik said discussions on the matter would be held with the hotels so they could work with the schools and treat the move as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

“We also hope that the hotels will be proactive in taking its own initiative after this announcement,” he told a news conference after launching the 2018 Life Saving Skills programme and the Water Rescue and Safety Awareness Module today.

Maszlee reported that swimming co-curriculum activities would be introduced to school children in a bid to curb drowning incidences.

“Initial plan was to bring them to sports centres and public pools. We are calling the hotels to enable them to perform their CSR,” he said, adding that not all schools were equipped or were near swimming pools.

Asked whether the swimming activities would be a compulsory co-curriculum, he said the government had plans to make it a mandatory syllabus from pre-school to secondary school, but it would take a long time, as there are about 10,000 schools nationwide.

Earlier in his speech, Maszlee said, for now, swimming activities were conducted through clubs and associations as co-curriculum activities with students taught based on modules by agencies registered with the ministry using the implementation guidelines of existing co-curricular activities.

Meanwhile, he said the module which was launched today was the first and most significant event besides being timely to show the ministry’s commitment in spreading awareness on the importance of water safety and rescue. – Bernama, November 21, 2018.

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  • WATER SAFETY FIRST..

    Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

    • MANY GOOD & EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS HAVE DROWNED!..

      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

    • PEOPLE MUST BE TAUGHT TO RESPECT THE DANGER POSED BY WATER ANYWHERE. ONE CAN DROWN EVEN IN SHALLOW WATER..

      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

    • BRAINSTORM YOUR IDEA WITH A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS FIRST?..

      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

    • WITH ONLY A LITTLE ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF LEARNING HOW TO SWIM, KIDS ESPECIALLY WILL VENTURE INTO DEEPER OR UNKNOWN, TREACHEROUS WATERS & EASILY DROWN, CONTRIBUTING TO MORE DROWNING DEATHS..(All the above contributed by a Singapore Sports Council certified fitness enthusiast. SSC 1991/2 inaugural intake (S'pore)..

      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

    • I agree with Melville Jayathisa and second this. I have heard stories related to me of near drowning incidents that have happened to my friends when they were young, under the care of private instructors.

      Please take into accounts the minority reports from water safety aspect.

      Posted 5 years ago by Robert Cheok · Reply

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      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • Learning life saving skills makes children aware of the dangers of swimming in wild water. Its a basic life skill everyone should learn. Of course experienced swimmers have accidents too, but not as often as poor or non swimmers.

    Posted 5 years ago by Malaysia New hope · Reply