2 min readKuala LumpurApr 19, 2011 04:19 PM IST
First published on: Apr 19, 2011 at 04:19 PM IST
Authorities in an east Malaysian state have sent 66 schoolboys,who displayed feminine qualities,to a special camp to help them behave in a “proper manner”,according to a media report today.
The state Education Department of Kuala Terrenganu state said the four-day camp in Besut was the first-ever to be held to help address the problem afflicting secondary schoolboys.
“They were listed by their schools who were instructed last year to identify students who displayed feminine qualities,” department director Razali Daud said,adding the remedial effort was prompted by the rising number of effeminate schoolboys in the state.
“The severity of the symptoms vary,but the 66 schoolboys were showing behaviour that is not usually displayed by a normal male of their age.”
Razali said the link between effeminate behaviour among male students and trans-sexuality should be a matter of concern that should not be ignored.
“As educators,we have to do something about it before the young ones misunderstand people and reach the point of no return. We are not intervening with the process of nature as we are merely trying to guide these students to a proper path in life,” the official was quoted as saying.
The students will be attending physical education and religious classes conducted by motivational speakers.
“The students must understand that there are choices in life and we want them to know all the options available to them,” Daud said,adding “he knew that some some people end up as transvestite or a homosexual,but we will do our best to limit the number.”
Razali said parents and teachers should observe the slightest effeminate tendency in their male children from an early age adding that if it was left unchecked,it could become a problem later in life for them,their families and society.
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