The Ministry of Education (MOE) has been asked to explain why the new English textbooks had allegedly not been procured through open tender, unlike the previous ones.

Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari said this week in Parliament that he had exposed MOE’s 'incredulous decision' to use new “imported” Super Minds and Pulse 2 textbooks, to replace existing KSSR (Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah) and KSSM (Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Menengah) textbooks for Year 1 and Form 1 students respectively.

The earlier textbooks had been approved “not long ago”, through an open tender process, he said...