Malaysia's 'lost generation' of students torn between staying safe from Covid-19 and getting an education
Now he spends his days doing household chores in his family's two-bedroom flat in Kuala Lumpur. "We can't afford to buy a new smartphone, let alone a tablet. I wish we could get even just a cheap tablet so he can join the online classes at his school," his mother, Madam Liana Malik, told The Straits Times. "He misses school and wants to be a good student as he feels it is a chance to improve our lives. But he finds it hard to catch up and revise on his own, and we don't have a printer to print out worksheets sent by the teacher," said the 44-year-old hotel worker.
Source: straitstimes.com