Jerlun member of parliament Mukhriz Mahathir today slammed MCA and Gerakan leaders for ‘overreacting' over the Ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy) issue. He blamed the vernacular school system for the polarised society which caused the poor understanding of the Malay supremacy concept among the non-Malays..."The government can foster greater unity by streamlining all the schools under one education system where the medium of teaching, besides Science and Mathematics, are taught in Bahasa Malaysia. "We can make it compulsory that the Chinese and Indians study their own language in their mother tongue while these two languages can be optional for Malay students to learn or we can make it compulsory for students to learn at least three languages," he suggested. (Mukhriz: Close down vernacular schools - Malaysiakini)
Frankly, I am for vernacular schools to be closed down but don't just blame them alone. Is the current national school system 'inclusive' enough or is it just the non-Malays expected to be assimilated into the culture of the Malays and indirectly, Islam? Will other religions be 'sidelined'??
Frankly, I am for vernacular schools to be closed down but don't just blame them alone. Is the current national school system 'inclusive' enough or is it just the non-Malays expected to be assimilated into the culture of the Malays and indirectly, Islam? Will other religions be 'sidelined'??
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Sekolah Agama Rakyat and other schools which accept ONLY Malay students should also be closed down if Mukhriz is really serious and believes that vernacular schools are the cause for racial polarisation.
Mukhriz is following his fathers " Cakap tak serupa Bikin " policy !
Since UMNO elections are cmin now you will see UMNO leaders play cheap racial politics. Next KJ will say he will demolish vernacular schools and Khir Toyo will say he has the experience to demolish.....
The more racist they get in UMNO, the more votes will come to them
I think Mukhriz must have read my comments posted in Malaysia Today 30/11. This was part quotation taken from MM Lee Kuan Yew's speech in London. If he did read it, then I think he has not understood anything!
"Everybody has the same chances in education and we chose a neutral language – English. Rather than legislating, we just said that you either go to an English school where you learn your mother tongue as a second language, or you go to a Chinese, Malay or Tamil school and learn English as a second language. After a few years, parents discovered that having English as a first language led to better job opportunities, so that solved itself. Malaysia went the other way by throwing out English and adopting Malay. The Chinese and Indians decided to have their own schools, teaching in Chinese and Tamil, and now they have a divided society. These are basics that you have to get right: a level playing field and a meritocracy regardless of race, language or religion”
bodohla Mukhriz ni, Sekolah Cina, India, Sekola Agama pun kena tutup la? Macam bapak dia lah sudah nyanyuk. Kalau bodoh macam ni bagaimana boleh jadi ketua???
dalam UMNO org bodoh saje boleh jadi Ketua !
If that is the case Mandarin & Tamil along with Taoism,Buddism,Hinduism and so on should be taught during school hours.Are we prepared for this????Tepuk Dada Tanya Selera.
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