‘Gov’t schools avoided due to creeping Islamisation’

 Unafraid: The standard of education in our national schools has clearly declined. Most if not all educationists acknowledge that. Only our policy makers are blind possibly when they formulate their educational policies through racial and political lens.

It is not doing the country any good in the long run. The reasons given by DAP MP Zairil Khir Johari are absolutely spot on, as the educational level in Chinese schools are still maintained at a high level, plus the fact that being fluent in Chinese is an added advantage nowadays, given the emergence of China as a world power.

The government needs to relook at our educational policies very seriously to prevent any further slide in our standards. Gone are the days when the Malaysian educational system was respected worldwide.

Spirit of Malaya: The damage done to our education system in peninsular Malaysia is irreversible and the only way of improving it is by changing the people responsible for it – BN. I hope East Malaysians can escape from this doom.

Sirach: Possibly the greatest disservice to the nation in the 57 years of this government led by Umno and then Umno Baru, is in the sphere of education.

For about two decades post-Merdeka, we had an education system from primary to tertiary level that rivaled the best on offer anywhere in the world. In the past almost four decades, the education at national schools and public universities has progressively regressed to serve the political agenda. Today we probably rank in the bottom quartile of most rankings.

Sali Tambap: Thank you, Zairil, for bringing this up and saying the obvious. It is a breath of fresh air, that you being a Malay Muslim, can be very objective about this.

Others who mentioned this would be quickly branded as anti-Islam, anti-government and anti-Malay. How right you are about the ‘creeping Islamisation’ in government schools.

So you can imagine the suffering and the anguish of non-Muslim parents who had sent their children to such schools. Unfortunately they still have to, as being poor, they basically have no choice since they cannot afford private schools. These parents are mostly non-Muslim bumiputera natives like the Iban and Bidayuh.

Tupaibesi: Sometime in 2004, I went to register my son in a school in a Damansara area. What shocked me was that only quotes from a certain religion were posted everywhere. It was beginning to look like a religious school.

I decided that this was not the place I want to send my children to, and I got my children to private school. By grace of the “kafir god” I was able to afford this school. If such a thing can happen in place like high-end Damansara, just imagine the rest of the country.

RZC: The only solution is to get rid of the ruling government, have fresh blood and fresh ideas and revamp the whole country and the systems that are outdated, racist and unfair.

Doc: With the poor education quality afforded in national type schools these days, it looks like Minister Idris Jala’s prediction that Malaysia will be a leading exporter of maids, may become a reality in the near future.

Ouch: Let’s see. Chinese schools have about 15 percent non-Chinese and the national schools have about 2-3 percent of non-Malays. Ouch.

Headhunter: Zairil has hit the nail on the head. Many parents, including Dayak parents I know, gave the same reasons. Discipline is often mentioned as well.

Open minded: Just look at the composition of the teaching staff in each national-type school to give you an idea of what they have become, not to say the least about cows being slaughtered in these schools. There are ample reports about discrimination and forceful indoctrination against one’s will of those not belonging to the Muslim religion.

Textbooks are altered according to their whims and fancies to hide past history and achievements and contributions of non-Muslims. So do not blame the other races for their concern and fear of these schools. Face the reality of an education system that has been seriously manipulated for political reasons in a cosmopolitan country.

Anonymous_40f4: Politics, corruption, religion, racism and “tidak apa’ attitude has crept into national schools. The quality of teaching is so poor and low grade that parents have to spend big money to send their children for tuition class.

Those who can’t afford tuition fees, it’s best to stay at home and do self-study instead of going to school and wasting time.

‘Cops intimidating buyers of Zunar’s book’

Mushiro: Does it make sense for the police to charge house owners for a break-in just because the police cannot catch the burglars? Similarly the police should charge Zunar if there were any elements of sedition in his cartoons and leave the buyers and MOLpay alone.

Senior: Has the book been banned? If not why are they going after the buyers?

Anonymous_3f6d: Police are helping to sell this book. Many are keener to buy this book now.

Not Confused: Is anyone really surprised at the unwarranted action by the thoroughly discredited police? I have zero respect or support for the thugs in blue.

They are more interested in harassing and intimidating the rakyat who are innocent (as in this instance) rather than doing what we pay them to do – combat crime. I despair the future of this country more and more every day when I hear of these incidents.

Appum: That is why the cops fear the formation of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission. They fear everything and anything that can control and expose them.

This kind of behavior is what we call the “kay poh chee” syndrome. They don’t care to do their proper jobs but indulge in harassment of the people, at their political masters’ command and pleasure.

RZC: That’s what our cops do isn’t it? Instead of fighting crime and making our country safe, they go for the intellectuals and opposition members to stifle free thought and speech.

And when we criticise our cops in the hope they will behave better and be more accountable to the rakyat, the rakyat gets nabbed for insulting them.

That’s what Malaysia has become but the rakyat should still voice their dissatisfaction without fear.

Anonymous #59879079: BN is now afraid of its own shadow. Wonder what would happen if Zunar were to upload his book on the internet for the whole world to judge whether it’s seditious or not?

Nonbeliever: Freedom of speech belongs to the rich and the powerful. One can have the ‘freedom of thought’ but it must not be translated into ‘freedom of speech’.

Anonymous_4031c: All police need is a copy and not the whole warehouse of books to determine if the content is seditious. If yes, please charge the author.

Now buying books online can be seditious

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