RIFQI FAISAL and Izanna Azuddin started the Malaysian Youths for Education Reform (MYER Movement) in April, shortly after attending their very first meeting with non-partisan platform UNDI18.
Given the lack of attention about politics within the Malaysian education system, they recognised the dire need for student empowerment in order for students to exercise their democratic rights, and for their voices to be heard without repercussion.
MYER hopes to create a reformation in more than one way, by covering topics including mending the education syllabus, disciplinary actions, mental support and others.
As Rifqi explained: âFeeling empowered by Qyira Yusri and Tharma Pillai of UNDI18, we told ourselves that everyone in this world must do anything that is within their capacity to help. We had the privilege of meeting these amazing individuals who provided us with a bunch of resources to jump-start this movement.
âWe believe that quality education is one of the fundamentals of a good democracy.â
