UPDATED | Tok Pa, Jomo, others proposed as Maszlee’s replacement
UPDATED 10.23PM | Added comments by former deputy education minister P Kamalanathan and National Council of Professors chairperson Shamsul Amri.
“It’s definitely a hard ministry to captain. There are many reasons but just a quick count of stakeholders, parents of schoolgoing children and those in tertiary education, would account for easily 12 to 14 million people,” he said. He defected from Umno following the 14th general election and officially joined Bersatu on Oct 27, 2018.dismissedMeanwhile, academics NGO Gerak argued that the post should be depoliticised by appointing only academics as education minister.
"Both, we are confident, can remove deadwood and political and religious lackeys and bring forth genuine reform."Jomo used to be part of the Council of Eminent Persons that advised the Pakatan Harapan ruling government in its early days after winning the 14th general election last year while Sham is now the pro-chancellor for private institution City University.
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