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Why didn’t Tun M bridge racial divide caused by vernacular schools when he had absolute power? By Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy
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Publish date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023, 01:30 PM
SOMETIMES I think that it serves no purpose to comment about the twice former prime minister (PM) Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammed.
There seems no end to his oscillation from one form of racism to another. Earlier, it was the nefarious attempts by the non-Malays to dilute the Federal Constitution from one based on mono-ethnicity.
This time around, he has returned to his familiar territory of bashing the vernacular schools as the prime reason for the present racial divide or divisiveness.
The question is: whether Dr Mahathir is right in saying that the vernacular education system which comprised the Mandarin and Tamil schools in the country are the cause of the racial divide.
The vernacular school system was something continued from the British colonial days. It was not product of recent times.
Schools in the country - whether national or national-types (vernacular) or religious schools - are products of the overall national education system.
The national education system is there because it is a policy decision adopted by those in power. In essence, the schools by themselves are not the primary cause of racial strife or racial divide.
They are dependent variables of the larger political system. If schools are reinforcing racial divide, not just the vernacular schools but the problem seems to be with those in control of the government.
Who’s the real culprit?
When Dr Mahathir was the PM for 22 years and 22 more months, one wonders why he never voiced out his vehement opposition to the existence of vernacular education.
Why didn’t he remove the vernacular schools in the first place? Then, as political power was essential to him, he would have realised that actions seen to be tampering with vernacular schools might only jeopardise his political career.
What is the point of raising the hue and cry about the vernacular schools now when the horses have left the stable?
Vernacular schools are not the primary cause of racial divide in the country. On the contrary, the racial divide is the consequence of racial and religious extremism in the country. In short, the consequence of political system that is based on ethnicity and religion.
Just as the national schools are reinforced by the government’s policy in favour of the majoritarian community, a counter move of reinforcing the ethnic character of vernacular schools are taking place.
Dr Mahathir by not differentiating between the cause and effect, takes the popular route of blaming the vernacular schools for the racial divide in the country.
Rather than blaming the vernacular schools, Dr Mahathir should ascertain why the governments after political independence failed to institute a national system of education that would have provided a stake for the all the ethnic communities.
Perhaps he should ask himself since he was the PM for more than two decades why he miserably failed to implement a comprehensive education that would cater for all the ethnic communities in the country.
Why blame the vernacular system of education now when he had all the opportunities to bridge the “racial divide” caused by vernacular schools when he had absolute power. - Aug 31, 2023
Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy is the former DAP state assemblyman for Perai. He is also the former deputy chief minister II of Penang.
https://focusmalaysia.my/why-didnt-tun-m-bridge-racial-divide-caused-by-vernacular-schools-when-he-had-absolute-power/
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Vernacular schools are not the primary cause of racial divide in the country. On the contrary, the racial divide is the consequence of racial and religious extremism in the country. "
Cannot blame the old sith palpatine. Even much younger emeritus historian Teo ( or in short just call him toe for what he's worth) also cetek ilmu terencat akal fikiran also could only think vernacular school is the culprit
2023-08-31 15:22
I3lurker, don't get the Chinese wrong. I got more Chinese friends than you. They are proud to be Malaysians, despite he gomen treats them unfairly as pendatang. They work real hard to build the nation, despite all the oppressive policies in place.
Any time I can respect them more than those who forsake their roots - born original but got arabised as copycat.
And don't get me wrong. I respect my neighbour Malays who proudly maintain their ori malayness. They keep their promises as the malay saying goes: kata ITU not. They resist arabisation as their sayings go: biar mati anak, jangan mati adat asli tanah asal
2023-08-31 15:31
Vernacular schools are actually unity schools because they cater for all Malaysians n as such they actually promote racial unity.
2023-08-31 15:37
Exactly - for those who have the intellect and gray matter to see.
Cetek akal emeritus historian Teo cock Cheong fails big time
2023-08-31 15:40
Yes, limhuiying is only good at makan gaji buta. She didn't roll out Have-it 88 module for the nons in response to hadithoon40.
And, yes, she should rebrand vernacular schools as schools of unity (free from the greatest divisive element in history i.e. toxic fundamentalism), meritocracy (nonkulitocracy), equal opportunity ( free from the influence of bigotry)
2023-08-31 15:47
religious and racial extremism is THE cause of racial divide in this country, bar none!
2023-08-31 15:51
The big elephants are in the room, but no pm are good enough to take the bull by the horn
2023-08-31 15:52
Yes, at the expense of the well-being of anak-anak Msia - the future tiang negara
2023-08-31 15:54
Why would the nons not worried about their young children with vulnerable brain be infested by any ideological virus and mental parasite?
A number of these elements are forcibly irreversible anyway
Not to mention their potency in hijacking the immature brain, thus inhibiting any logical reasoning thought processes
2023-08-31 15:56
Imagine Singaporean Singapore, American America ok but not Malaysian Malaysia??????
How damage their brain can be when they go radicalised!?
2023-08-31 16:07
That's why unsuitable reading texts and materials should be banned for this age group in order to protect them
2023-08-31 16:30
And replace with Have-it 88 module number 1.7
1.7 You, me and this universe
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/04/30/how-many-atoms-do-we-have-in-common-with-one-another/
Here on Earth, everything is connected. When you eat food, drink liquids, or even breathe in the air, many of those atoms wind up getting incorporated to your body. When you sweat, exhale, and either secrete or excrete matter from your body, those atoms go back into Earth’s biosphere, where they can eventually wind up getting incorporated into other people’s bodies.
Do we share atoms in common with everyone alive today? With everyone who’s ever lived? With King Tut, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, George Washington, etc.? The answer is fascinating: not only do we each have hundreds of billions of atoms that were once in everyone else’s bodies, but we have approximately 1 atom in our body from every breath that every human has ever taken
2023-08-31 16:37
Anak cucu apanama pi Oxfart UK, america Olang putih belajar. golongan elite ingin kekalkan kuasa, belajar tinggi tapi seru semua rakyat tak kira bangsa sama sekolah nasional.
2023-08-31 16:57
"Vernacular schools are actually unity schools because they cater for all Malaysians n as such they actually promote racial unity."
Exactly. Those who have the intellect and gray matter can see.
But otak kurang upaya (oku) serta cetek akal emeritus historian Teo cock seong fails big time and pointing his finger at vernacular school.
2023-08-31 18:12
Mana this paper mill prof kangkung hendak letak muka as YB Aaron Ago Dagang frankly acknowledges and courageously points out vernacular schools have become elements that promote racial unity, not divide
2023-08-31 18:18
Ini eseinya yang telah disunting kerana naratif asalnya merupakan satu naratif yang toksik, tidak membina dan memecah-belahkan, reflecting kesempitan fikiran, lapisan gray matter yang nipis dan kecetekan ilmu.
Kemurahan hati yang wholehearted membawa rahmat kepada negara
1. Apabila pendatang sebelum pembentukan Msia diberikan kewarganegaraan dan dibenarkan mengekalkan bahasa dan adat mereka dan juga sekolah dan mendekati orang asli sambil mengekalkan identiti akar mereka; maka negara kita dapat berkembang lebih pesat daripada kebanyakan negara lain di mana syarat dan sekatan yang opresif dikenakan.
2. Tetapi apabila naratif ini dihijack oleh ahli politik yang selfish (kurang murah hati), envious, jealous (cemburu dan dengki) serta berkepentingan sendiri, maka negara berbelah bahagi, ekonomi merosot dan kemiskinan melanda.
2023-09-01 08:28
After losing badly in GE15, he is now working on hijacking education into politic agenda. In politicising education, he has ordered his lawyer khan to bring vernacular case to court
2023-09-01 08:39
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/08/31/sarawak-govt-will-not-politicise-education-says-premier/
See.. premier power la ! some people here still think no need vernacular... because they think they dont need it. but if people really dont need it, why is it so popular?? Ethnocentric live in own cocounut ka
2023-09-01 16:10
fall to trap easily by politicians. u guys r the laughing games of politickings. easily..
2023-09-01 16:11
Yes..yes. Popular must be good, right? After all, the trend is friend
2023-09-01 16:25
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