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PERLIS GSHS 2012 Executive Summary
iii. Empowerment of school counsellors with appropriate skills to identify root cause of truancy
and to manage the problem through a multi-disciplinary approach.
iv. Further in-depth studies are recommended to be conducted by relevant agencies to identify
factors that may contribute to truancy.
v. Existing intervention measures in the school environment to control drug use such as the‘Five
Minutes Talk on Drugs’, the Doktor Muda Programme and referral to relevant agencies are to
be given further emphasis.
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