Gerakan bangs Razali for being ‘bias’ against vernacular schools KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7: Gerakan condemned Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Razali Ibrahim, for suggesting that Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools should be ceased. In a joint statement, party central bureau of education chief Lau Chin Hoon and Central Bureau of Unity chairman Dr Asharuddin Ahmad voiced their disagreement against Razali’s views as they maintained that it is the government duty and responsibility to safeguard unity and no minority groups is powerful enough or ever interested to cause disunity. Lau described the Deputy Minister’s statements as ‘bias and fallacy’ which has no logical merits and defended that Chinese vernacular schools (SJKC) should not be made as scapegoat to serve as an excuse for fast remedy to recent racial bickering. “Pointing fingers thoughtlessly in an ill-conceived manner will only lead to more problems rather than solutions. “The mother tongue education has proven to be instrumental in instilling the consciousness towards fostering national unity among citizens as it is an effective medium to deliver government’s curricular and aspirations to the public. “In fact, SJKC and vernacular schools deserve our respect and gratefulness instead of unfounded criticism as their decade-long contributions have led to the thriving of small and medium enterprises (SME) which make up the backbone of the nation’s vibrant economy and also provide diligent labor that can be readily absorbed to sustain the continuing growth of SME,” stressed Lau. Meanwhile, Dr Asharuddin also pointed out that the biggest threat to national unity in any nation is the divisive policy and institutions, the racial and religious centric politics in the country is to be blamed on jeopardizing national unity but never the vernacular education. “The government has the obligation to provide individuals belonging to minority groups with sufficient opportunities for vernacular education with their mother tongue as the medium of instruction as stipulated in the Education Act 1996. “Having a predominantly mono-ethnic, lingual or religious institution should not be blamed for causing disunity, if not the civil service system and the Government Government-Linked Companies (GLC), Ministry of Education and the Prime Minister’s Department could be equally sharing the blame as well for disunity,” he said. Source: themalaysiantimes.my/gerakan-bangs-razali-for-being-bias-against-vernacular-schools/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 民政斥拉查里谬论‧“华小不应成代罪羔羊” （吉隆坡7日讯）民政党中央教育局主任刘清分与民政党中央团结局主任阿沙鲁丁今日发表联合声明，严厉谴责首相署副部长拉查里建议不再增建华小的言论，並认为政府有责任维护团结，没有任何一个少数群体有足够能力或有意造成分裂。 刘清分驳斥副部长言论是没有合理根据的谬论偏见，並指出华小不应被作为代罪羔羊以快速补救最近的种族事件。他认为，草率指责只会导致更多问题，而不是解决方案。 “母语教育已证明对灌输人民培养国民团结的观念是有所帮助的，因为其是一个对大眾传达政府课程和愿景的有效媒介。 事实上，华小和多源流学校更值得我们尊重和感激，因为它们多年来的教育贡献振兴了我国的中小型企业，构成了国家重要的经济支柱，同时培育了许多可以被隨时吸纳，以继续发展中小型企业的优秀员工。” 阿沙鲁丁则指出，对国民团结最大的威胁是分裂的政策和体制，我国的种族和宗教性政治应为损害国民团结负上最大的责任，而非多源流教育。 他补充，单一民族、语言或宗教机构不应为国民分裂而被指责，否则公务员制度、官联公司、教育部和首相署都应为国民分裂，共同被指责。 news.sinchew.my/node/380255
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