NUTP hopes the acting education minister, however, will not traumatise teachers with another policy shift.
The National Union of the Teaching Profession is hoping that Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's tough disciplinarian attitude can help resolve education issues that have been politicised.
Jawi had become a dividing point, often along racial lines, on whether it was necessary to include the Arabic-based script in the Bahasa Malaysia syllabus for Year 4.Vernacular schools itself are a hot topic, with right-wing Malay groups often calling for their closure. However, he hoped that there would be policy shifts, as teachers are"traumatised" with new policies being brought in by each new education minister.
Separately, Sisters in Islam founder Zainah Anwar wants the context of Islamic studies in schools and universities to be expanded.
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