Calligraphy controversy, misplaced priorities – The Malaysian Insight

Calligraphy controversy, misplaced priorities – The Malaysian Insight

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Wong Ang Peng



Wong Ang Peng


Updated 16 minutes ago ·
Published on 15 Aug 2019 7:00AM ·





Amid the brouhaha over khat’s introduction in the Year Four BM syllabus for vernacular schools, one wonders if the Education Ministry has its priorities straight. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, August 15, 2019.

KHAT has been at the centre of controversy over the past three weeks, after it was first reported last month that Bahasa Malaysia teachers in vernacular schools had gone for training in calligraphy based on the Jawi script. The Education Ministry then stepped forward to say it was nothing more than to nurture appreciation for the art.

The information that came out in the days that followed was in bits and pieces. We learnt that khat would be taught to Year Four pupils in vernacular schools starting next year, a compromise was reached for the topic to be optional, and the number of pages dedicated to khat lessons in the Year Four BM textbook would be halved from six to three.

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