Education is important not just for acquiring new knowledge but also as a tool for unity and nation building. But does our education system in Malaysia helps our nation to unite? Or do we make our people to become more polarised, divided and segregated?
Country all around the world adopting only one type of school in their country, but here in Malaysia we have 5 types of schools which are chinese school, indian school, religious school, international school and national school. Sending children based on race & religion background will not help our nation to achieve unity.
One school system is important because it used national language as a medium of communication, medium of developing life and style and also medium for getting knowledge. By having everyone communite and think in national language we can eradicate any suspicious against other people who speak in other language, we are more easy to live with them, eat with them and mingle with them.
National language is important. National language define who we are. Living in national language can create a nation with a unique identity different with other nation. By speaking and living in national language we can immediately know that this people come from Malaysia, not from China, India or Arab.
Don’t look down on your own national language. National language can be a knowledge language, a ritual language, a commerce language, a law language and also a technology language. Look at China, France, Germany and Russia, they use their own national language and yet they are the major power on earth.
One system of education is also in line with the new ‘One Malaysia, People First, Performance Now’ concept. To built one Malaysia we need to only have one language, one school so that eventually people are only known as Malaysian, not based on their race or religion.
However our current system of schooling makes us more Arabs, more Chinese, more Indian rather than becoming more Malaysian. Single school system was the only way to check racial polarisation. With single school system we can curb chauvinism and religious extrimism.
Our country is a mosaic of different cultures, if we as Malaysians want to stand united, compromises have to be made on all sides. Every race and every believers has to make small sacrifices to help building Malaysia. Diversity needs to be control to achieve our national goal, if it is not, it will be a greatest curse rather than a greatest asset to the nation.
Some will think that this speech is racist, this is not racist. Racist is one who always fight for the right of his own race notwithstandng it will create injustices to other race. This is nationalism, a way to build nation state, to build One Malaysia, to build Bangsa Malaysia. By having one Bangsa Malaysia who speaks in one language and learn in one school, then only we can achieve equality in Malaysia.
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8 Values of 1 Malaysia - Part 7, Education, http://www.1malaysia.com.my
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Making 1 Malaysia through Education
ReplyDeleteEducation is important not just for acquiring new knowledge but also as a tool for unity and nation building. But does our education system in Malaysia helps our nation to unite? Or do we make our people to become more polarised, divided and segregated?
Country all around the world adopting only one type of school in their country, but here in Malaysia we have 5 types of schools which are chinese school, indian school, religious school, international school and national school. Sending children based on race & religion background will not help our nation to achieve unity.
One school system is important because it uses the national language as a medium of communication, medium of developing life and style and also medium for acquiring knowledge. By having everyone communicating and thinking in the national language we can eradicate suspicion against other people who speak in their mother tongue. In short, it will enhance better understanding, goodwill and multi-ethnic interaction.
The national language is important because it defines who we are as Malaysian. It creates a sense of belonging to the country we live in. For example, Malaysian of chinese descend will easily be distinguished as Malaysian as opposed to the Chinese in China. Don’t look down on your own national language. National language can be a knowledge language, a ritual language, a commerce language, a law language and also a technology language. Look at China, France, Germany and Russia, they use their own national language and yet they are the major power on earth.
One system of education is also in line with the new ‘One Malaysia, People First, Performance Now’ concept. To built one Malaysia we need to have a sinle common language. Therefore, Malaysia should adopt one school system. Other school system should be eradicated. However, our current system of schooling makes us more Arabs, more Chinese, more Indian rather than becoming more Malaysian. Single school system is the only way to check racial polarisation. With single school system we can curb chauvinism and religious extremism.
Our country is a mosaic of different cultures, if we as Malaysians want to stand united, compromises have to be made on all areas. Every race and every belief has to make sacrifices to help the building of one Malaysia. Diversity needs to be controlled or else Malaysia will never achieve the one Malaysia goal.
Some will think that this statement is racist. Racist is one who always fight for the right of his own race without considerin other races interest. This is nationalism, a way to build a nation state, to build One Malaysia, to build 'Bangsa' Malaysia. By having one 'Bangsa' Malaysia who speaks in one language and learn in one school, then only we can achieve equality in Malaysia.
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