KINIGUIDE | The education system in Malaysia is complex and shaped by its multiethnic and multicultural society, historical element, the current social environment as well as education policies.

When the controversy surrounding the implementation of khat or Jawi calligraphy in school syllabus broke out, different segments of society came out with mixed views.

Chinese educationist group Dong Zong hit the headlines when Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad labelled it as a racist group for opposing the addition of khat in vernacular schools...