‘Parents keep sending kids to unregistered centres’
KUALA LUMPUR: Parents who send their children to unregistered tahfiz centres will be subject to legal action.
Prime Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa said the move was to educate them, especially those who were adamant.
“All tahfiz centres must be registered. Only then we can monitor how the centre is being operated and who is teaching what.
“But they (parents) do not heed our advice and keep enrolling their children in unregistered tahfiz centres.
“I am all for taking legal action against these parents. They just won’t listen,” he said after the national-level Maulidur Rasul celebration at Axiata Arena here yesterday.
Mujahid was commenting on the death of 7-year-old tahfiz student Mohammad Aimin Nurul Amin at the Lanchang health clinic on Thursday.
He said some tahfiz centres had deviated from its original objective.
He said although it’s the parents’ prerogative to send their children to such centres, they should not treat them as dumping grounds.
“Eventually, these centres will lose respect.”
Mujahid said the federal government had taken measures, including urging parents to send their children only to registered tahfiz centres.
In terms of enforcement, Mujahid said, his ministry discussed issues related to tahfiz with the state government every three months.
He hoped state religious departments would take stricter action against tahfiz centres that ignored the safety and wellbeing of students.