Mukhriz says vernacular schools are responsible for racial polarization. I'm all for a unified schooling system. The thing Mukhriz and many seem to have missed is the national schools are just as responsible for racial polarization. National schools are just as guilty as vernacular schools...if not more. At least I see that Bumi students who go to vernacular schools don't come out so skewed in their views of things pertaining to racial issues. They are actually more open minded.
The one thing that will get rid of racial polarization once and for all is fairness. If fairness is practiced in the way that it should, racial polarization would be a thing of the past. It is common knowledge that kids are imbued with all kinds of nonsense at national schools...not surprising since national schools are generally made up mainly of one race also.
You have Principals making statements like Chinese go back to Tongsan, Indians back to India if they are not happy with the situation here during assemblies in schools. You also get things in the similar vein implied in schools too. So how not to have racial polarization?
And what is going to ensure that the teaching fraternity will not head the way of the rest of the civil service which seems to be made up of one race once vernacular schools head into the annals of our history? They'll just come up with reasons like the non-Bumis are not interested to civil service.
Point is.... one single type of school would be good for nation building. Question is....will the powers that are be fair?
It's back to the 'divide and rule' drawing board. Think BN wants to lose their grip on the power? For decades, they've thrived on such path. It's the only thing they know. Can you imagine Malaysians, unified regardless of race and religion? It would be a scary thought to those in power now cos their legitimacy seems to stem from mandate obtained from the differences of different races rather than real and tangible common grounds. The whole rigmarole is beginning all over again...Mukhriz sayz the above, MCA comes out lambasting him, MIC follow suit...each championing for their own race. Then the Malays start to get defensive....works all the time!!!
Mukhriz may have opened a can of worms which actually may be good for us to reflect on... 8)
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Agree with Mukhriz.
Of course National Schools have it's weaknesses.
But for the sake of unity and Intergration, why not. Having all Malay, Chinese & Indian teachers & administrators in the same school will reduce all Islamisations of national schools and perhaps spur competition.
If Singaporeans can go to the same school, why can't we?
Do read my take on this.
http://balankumarpremakumaran.blogspot.com/
i'm all for a unified schooling system. nothing's perfect but this would be a step in the right direction!!
Nicely put...should post in newspaper..hehe
agree with you - i guess what teh gomen should do is to put in policies that make everyone comfortable (e.g. fairness). once this is done, no one will complain about 1 system...
and scrap matriculasi versus stpm... should just be one system....
can of worms? i'm going fishing..... might even catch a multicoloured fish!
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