Haze: schools must close
Air pollution is an urgent health crisis. Keeping schools open endangers children and demonstrates a shocking lack of foresight.
The Sarawak education department’s advice to monitor API readings for haze is woefully inadequate. When air quality plummets, schools must close, full stop. Children’s developing lungs are not a negotiating point for attendance figures. This isn’t about monitoring; it’s about immediate, decisive action to protect the vulnerable. Why do we consistently fail to prioritise health over bureaucracy?
Closing schools due to haze disrupts education and places a burden on working parents. A more balanced approach involves continuous monitoring and only closing when absolutely necessary, with remote learning options where possible.
- ·API thresholds too high
- ·Health impacts ignored
- ·Lack of decisive action