Counselling for parents, cash assistance for families and monitoring workplaces are among strategies that the government is using to bring down the dropout rate among secondary school students.<br /><br />It is hoped that these efforts will help children stay in school and at least obtain their SPM certificate, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in a media statement read by the Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri on Thursday (Feb 8).<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
