Scrap those Schools

At last, some politician agreed with me. SCRAP THOSE CHINESE SCHOOLS, SCRAP THOSE TAMIL SCHOOLS, SCRAP ALSO NATIONAL/ RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CONCEPT. Everyone should work towards become more 'pious & religious". Why the hell do we have some groups (sekolah agama) who are supposed to be more 'alim' than others? Everyone should understand their religion.. Everyone.. So who nees religious schools? Just make all sekolah kebangsaan islamic...

Mukhriz: Scrap vernacular schools, one system for all

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir has called on the Government to abolish the vernacular school system as a means to enhance unity among people of various races.

He said a single school system was the only way to check the racial polarisation that was getting out of control in the country.

“The government should consider introducing only one school system with Bahasa Malaysia as the medium of instruction, except for Science and Mathematics which are already being taught in English.

“Of course, pupils should then be given the option to study their mother tongues. Under this system, the Malays will also have the option of studying other languages like Mandarin and Tamil and this will further boost unity among them,” he told reporters at Parliament House on Monday.

The Umno Youth exco member said it was time for Malaysia to do away with the dual school system, which was practised by only a handful of countries in the world, as it had contributed to the problem of disunity in the country.

He said over 99% of countries in the world practised a single school system.

He expressed hope that leaders of Barisan Nasional component parties would not take his suggestion in a negative light as it was only meant as a suggestion to resolve, once and for all, the problem of racial polarisation affecting the citizenry.

“If they reject this suggestion, then they should explain why they are against it. How is it possible for them on one hand to talk about unity and question Malay rights, while on the other hand still insist on having a different school system for their race?

“If you want equal rights then you cannot have a different school sistem. You cannot have your cake and eat it too,” he added.