Education minister Maszlee Malik said the ministry would also conduct its own investigation before taking further measures including changing learning modules if necessary.

“I am sad about the incident, because the school should be a happy place for the students to acquire knowledge and be nurtured. But if it has reached a stage of pressure..this should not happen.

“At the moment it is too early to do anything as we are still waiting for the police investigation and ministry report,” he told reporters after visiting Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Merbok which was hit by the Lekima typhoon recently.

The boy was found hanged in the bathroom of his parents’ flat at Jalan Paya Terubong, Taman Sri Relau, in George Town, Penang. Police said the teenager had often complained to his parents about having too much schoolwork.