Dr Maszlee Malik was not listening hard enough to his boss. In fact, he chose to ignore comments made by the Prime Minister about how the schools ought to be run and did it his way. Thus the fiascos.
THE writing was already on the wall. With mounting criticism, it was only a matter of time that Dr Maszlee Malik would no longer be tenable as the Education Minister.
His decision to step down from the Cabinet post was merely a face-saving gesture. It is well known that he was asked to step down, as even the Prime Minister found it impossible to defend him.
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