COMMENT | The nation will never be ready to accept changes that will make us respect, appreciate, and learn about the beauty of each other’s culture. The political parties do not want to have the people understand the power of multiculturalism, pluralism, and liberal ideas that will bring us to the next level of a national sense of identity.

I do not think Dong Jiao Zong is against the Jawi script Jawi. It is looking at it as a molehill sitting on top of a mountain, possibly a volcano of Islamic fundamentalism brewed with a new spirit of “Ketuanan Melayu”. The non-Malays are worried of the future of their children, with the inroads the Ministry of Education is making to cement the ideology of race politics. That’s the fear.

I saw the three pages of the exercises on Jawi script. I am worried, from the point of view of an educationist who designs curriculum as well, and who teaches philosophies of education too.

I think these pages should be removed, or put in the Appendix, or even brought to the Art department as enrichment exercises.

No critical thinking nor creative thinking is infused in these lessons. These are just pages of "what is Jawi". So what? Students are just told that you can find "Jawi" in banknotes, in the national coat of arms, etc. And then what"?...