DAP says Chinese schools enjoy more diverse enrolment consisting of all races and there are statistics to prove it.
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IPOH: Chinese national-type schools (SJKC) are open to all Malaysians and is the most diverse type of school, therefor making Federal Territory Umno Youth chief Mohd Razlan Muhammad Rafii’s accusations baseless, Perak DAP Economic Development Bureau chief Chong Zhemin said today.
Chong said Mohd Razlan was wrong when he said Chinese schools were “dangerous” if it created enclaves where people could get by without speaking the national language.
He said during the MCA annual general assembly last month, Prime Minister Najib Razak defended Chinese primary schools saying that SJKC were guaranteed and protected under the Federal Constitution.
“It is now time for Najib to walk the talk and immediately censure Mohd Razlan for launching a scathing attack on SJKC to prove that he is not a hypocrite and meant every word he said during the MCA annual general assembly,” he said.
He challenged Najib to “walk the talk” or risk being exposed as double-faced – saying one thing in front of MCA delegates but another in front of Umno members.
He said Chinese schools were not only open to all Malaysians regardless of race and religion but also the most diverse and inclusive Malaysian school.
According to the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025, there are 94% of Bumiputera students in national primary schools, 88% of Chinese students in Chinese primary schools, 100% of Indian students in Tamil primary schools and 100% of Bumiputera students in religious schools.
Chong said compared with 6% of non-Bumiputera students in national primary schools, Chinese primary schools had 12% of non-Chinese students which made it the most diverse and inclusive of Malaysian schools.
According to Jiao Zong’s survey conducted in December last year, there are 30 Chinese primary schools where more than 70% of the students are non-Chinese.
Out of 356 Chinese primary schools surveyed, there are 314 Chinese primary schools with non-Chinese students.
Chong said in a press statement all these statistics proved that Mohd Razlan’s accusation on Chinese national-type schools were baseless and unsubstantiated.
“I would like to remind Mohd Razlan that the Barisan Nasional education policy since Malaysia independence was to ‘stop’ vernacular schools. No new Chinese or Tamil primary schools are allowed to be built unless an old school was shut down.
“I call on Putrajaya to abolish this discriminative, absurd and unreasonable education policy and allow Chinese and Tamil primary schools to be built according to needs.
“There is nothing political in making this call as education needs must stand above politics,” he added.
IPOH: Chinese national-type schools (SJKC) are open to all Malaysians and is the most diverse type of school, therefor making Federal Territory Umno Youth chief Mohd Razlan Muhammad Rafii’s accusations baseless, Perak DAP Economic Development Bureau chief Chong Zhemin said today.
Chong said Mohd Razlan was wrong when he said Chinese schools were “dangerous” if it created enclaves where people could get by without speaking the national language.
He said during the MCA annual general assembly last month, Prime Minister Najib Razak defended Chinese primary schools saying that SJKC were guaranteed and protected under the Federal Constitution.
“It is now time for Najib to walk the talk and immediately censure Mohd Razlan for launching a scathing attack on SJKC to prove that he is not a hypocrite and meant every word he said during the MCA annual general assembly,” he said.
He challenged Najib to “walk the talk” or risk being exposed as double-faced – saying one thing in front of MCA delegates but another in front of Umno members.
He said Chinese schools were not only open to all Malaysians regardless of race and religion but also the most diverse and inclusive Malaysian school.
According to the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025, there are 94% of Bumiputera students in national primary schools, 88% of Chinese students in Chinese primary schools, 100% of Indian students in Tamil primary schools and 100% of Bumiputera students in religious schools.
Chong said compared with 6% of non-Bumiputera students in national primary schools, Chinese primary schools had 12% of non-Chinese students which made it the most diverse and inclusive of Malaysian schools.
According to Jiao Zong’s survey conducted in December last year, there are 30 Chinese primary schools where more than 70% of the students are non-Chinese.
Out of 356 Chinese primary schools surveyed, there are 314 Chinese primary schools with non-Chinese students.
Chong said in a press statement all these statistics proved that Mohd Razlan’s accusation on Chinese national-type schools were baseless and unsubstantiated.
“I would like to remind Mohd Razlan that the Barisan Nasional education policy since Malaysia independence was to ‘stop’ vernacular schools. No new Chinese or Tamil primary schools are allowed to be built unless an old school was shut down.
“I call on Putrajaya to abolish this discriminative, absurd and unreasonable education policy and allow Chinese and Tamil primary schools to be built according to needs.
“There is nothing political in making this call as education needs must stand above politics,” he added.
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