Three Sabahan students have won a six-year long lawsuit against their former secondary school English language teacher, who had not turned up for class for nearly a year. So we spoke to Sharmila Sekaran, a representative of the Tiada.Guru campaign that championed the case, and discussed why students' right to education should be absolute.

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Produced by: Raaina Asri, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Sharaad Kuttan

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Categories:  Law/Activism,  education

Tags:  education,  absenteeism,  teachers,  youth,  student,