Nationwide School Walkout Day aligns itself with the #Make School A Safer Place movement, and calls for teachers & students to be absent from school, both online and offline, for either one whole school day or one class period. The Majlis Belia Negara (Malaysian Youth Council) has put out a statement disagreeing with the walkout. We ask them why? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to ‘Atiqah Syairah Shaharuddin is the Assistant Secretary-General of the Malaysia Youth Council.