Info-Didik issues an apology and makes effort to recall books.
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PETALING JAYA: Avoiding what might have been another potentially disastrous racial conflict between Chinese and Malays, the publisher of a Bahasa Malaysia SPM workbook has come forward to issue a public apology for the racist slant of a passage that appeared in their book.
According to a report that appeared in Sin Chew Daily, the publisher Info-Didik has issued an apology and made efforts to recall all copies of the book.
Yesterday, things looked like it would bubble over when Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin gave an indifferent reply when asked by MP for Sibu, Oscar Ling, if the education ministry would intervene to investigate the matter.
Seeing Muhyiddin’s indifference as “irresponsible”, Ling said it was inconceivable that the ministry of education did not think it important to supervise all reference books pertaining to SPM examinations.
The workbook, “Kertas Model Sebenar SPM Bahasa Malaysia” contained an essay question from a passage entitled “Melissa” by Abdullah Hussain, that required students to discuss the issue of “Chinese killing Malays” and vice-versa.
The topic also touched on how Chinese vernacular schools were the breeding ground of racist-minded students that widened the racial divide in our country.
The book is authored by Khairuddin Ayip and Yusanizan Shafie.
PETALING JAYA: Avoiding what might have been another potentially disastrous racial conflict between Chinese and Malays, the publisher of a Bahasa Malaysia SPM workbook has come forward to issue a public apology for the racist slant of a passage that appeared in their book.
According to a report that appeared in Sin Chew Daily, the publisher Info-Didik has issued an apology and made efforts to recall all copies of the book.
Yesterday, things looked like it would bubble over when Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin gave an indifferent reply when asked by MP for Sibu, Oscar Ling, if the education ministry would intervene to investigate the matter.
Seeing Muhyiddin’s indifference as “irresponsible”, Ling said it was inconceivable that the ministry of education did not think it important to supervise all reference books pertaining to SPM examinations.
The workbook, “Kertas Model Sebenar SPM Bahasa Malaysia” contained an essay question from a passage entitled “Melissa” by Abdullah Hussain, that required students to discuss the issue of “Chinese killing Malays” and vice-versa.
The topic also touched on how Chinese vernacular schools were the breeding ground of racist-minded students that widened the racial divide in our country.
The book is authored by Khairuddin Ayip and Yusanizan Shafie.
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