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October 31, 2009 20:12 PM
MIC Lauds PM's Statement On Vernacular Schools
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 31 (Bernama) -- The MIC has lauded Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's statement on vernacular schools.
Its deputy president, Datuk G. Palanivel, said Najib made the right move by announcing that vernacular schools would remain, and that the government would consider the views of the people before making a decision on the proposal to implement a single stream school system.
"By his statement, the prime minister has cleared the confusion that would otherwise, have been another setback on the 1Malaysia concept.
"His statement has clearly given meaning to promote the concept among all races," he told Bernama Saturday.
Earlier, Najib announced that the government would only change any policy if it had the people's agreement; otherwise, it would retain the existing policy.
Najib said a change to a single-stream school system required a major shift in policy and it raised the question of whether the people were ready to forgo their right to choose the type of education they wanted.
The prime minister was asked to comment on the proposal by several members of parliament for the government to introduce a single-stream school system, following an idea mooted by historian and academician Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim last week.
"In all the prime minister's recent moves, he has clearly shown that diversity is our strength. Malaysia is what we are now.
"Malaysians will act together as a nation and support the government, as long as there is no confusion," said Palanivel.
-- BERNAMA
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