Wednesday November 4, 2009
Agree collectively on education system, Malaysians urged
PETALING JAYA: 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 who called for a switch to a single-stream system as a way to promote greater unity and integration among Malaysians,” Najib said in his blog on Monday.
He also said he knew many who felt strongly for the right to choose based on the existing education system. “Are we prepared to shun the right to choose and seek a compromise?”
Najib also openly asked if those voicing their viewpoints had given thought to the differing opinions of others. “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 added that the noblest of intentions could be rendered pointless if all Malaysians were unprepared to accept and embrace it.
Earlier, on Oct 31, Najib announced that the single stream school system would not be implemented because Malaysians were not collectively ready for it.
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