Siti Zainon: Students must have access to local literature

Deserving recognition: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah watching Dr Maszlee Malik (right) as the Education Minister presents Dr Siti Zainon the 14th National laureate award on the King’s behalf. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Students must be allowed more access to literary material in an effort to cultivate a love of literature among the young, says 14th national laureate Dr Siti Zainon Ismail.

According to her, students all this while have not been exposed to local literature which is an important source of information in developing future leaders.