Education Ministry: Khat now known as Jawi, PTAs of vernacular schools have say on lessons


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019

PETALING JAYA: Parents of Year Four pupils in vernacular schools will get to decide if their children will be taught the Jawi script.

The Education Ministry said that it was decided during the weekly Cabinet meeting Wednesday (Aug 14) that the parent-teacher associations (PTAs) together with parents and pupils of vernacular schools will have a say on whether pupils will learn Jawi writing in the Bahasa Melayu subject.

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