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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

What about a non-Malay as education minister? By Francis Paul Siah

During my time after Form 5, they allowed Malays with only a Grade 2, get into Form 6, whereas the Non Malays only qualified if they only had an aggregate of 7 for 3 best subjects. The standards started taking a deep dive after that.


Malaysiakini : COMMENT | I’m not sure why this is so but in Malaysia, it seems that a Malay must always helm the Education Ministry.

I’m also uncertain whether there is an unwritten rule regarding this. It is as if all education matters and other important decisions regarding education must best be left to the discretion of a Malay minister of education.

If I may further query, does this mean that the input of non-Malay ministers in the cabinet or the senior non-Malay officers in the Education Ministry is never taken into account whenever new policies are formulated?   

I’m also not sure whether this issue of a non-Malay education minister has ever been discussed at any time by those in power or in a public forum. So far, I’ve not heard of any, at least not in recent times.

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