PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s vibrant politics has once again underscored the need to educate youths on the election process and their voting rights, say advocacy groups.
“Teaching youth their voting rights is one way to shape Malaysia and its direction,” said Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs deputy director of research, Sri Murniati Yusuf.
Referring to a similar module that had been planned by the Johor government, she said it should be incorporated into the Civic Education subject. Such education on voting and democracy, she said, was important as it had been over three years that Undi18 was gazetted as law. He said these lessons should be extended to the primary school level so that children could enhance their critical thinking skills.Studies have shown that young voters depend on their family and friends to decide who to vote for.
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