Seeing students walking aimlessly on the school compound as they waited for their ride home – I thought, what wasted opportunity.

So much time to do their homework, revise or even just READ.

But how could they make use of this time when the best place to do all these things i.e. the school library is either tucked in some remote corner of the school where nobody bothered to find or up on the highest floor that not even the most ardent bookworms such as my daughter, wants to visit regularly!

If relocating the library is not possible, then provide some outdoor furniture such as tables and chairs or even benches in shaded and accessible areas where students could sit and do their homework.

Many friends and I enjoyed and utilized these facilities back when I was in school in Sabah many years ago – and it is pity that this potential to encourage learning outside the classroom is not realized in my children’s school.