Malaysians have to collectively agree upon an education system that benefits all and which espouses the values that they uphold, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
“I have heard many have called for a switch to a single-stream system as a way to promote greater unity and integration among Malaysians,” Najib said on his blog on Monday. “However, ‘many’ do not constitute ‘most’. I have also heard many who feel strongly for the right to choose based on the existing education system.
“While the public is still ambivalent and disinclined to make that collective decision, I do not wish for discord to arise within our society on a subject of great sensitivity,” he said, adding that even the noblest of intentions can be rendered pointless if all Malaysians are not prepared to accept and embrace it.
Earlier on Oct 31, Najib announced that a single-stream school system would not be implemented because Malaysians were not collectively ready for it.
In Johor Baru, several non-governmental organisations said they were against the implementation of a single stream in schools as they were worried that their communities’ “unique identities would be lost,”.
Malaysian Hindu Sangam Johor chief R. Ramakrishnan said his members did not want any changes to affect students studying in Tamil schools.
Last week, Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he was all for single-stream schools to promote unity and 1Malaysia. However, he said the issue should be looked at in its totality with views from all quarters, including those of the Chinese and Indian communities.
News from: http://thestar.com.my, published Tuesday November 3, 2009 MYT 7:58:00 pm
This single-stream schools policies will not affecting Sk St John, as this school is using Malay as educating medium.
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