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| Malaysian Mission Schools News Archive The Star, Saturday June 14, 2008 Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the ministry would draw up a special “mini-blueprint” focusing on the development of various types of schools receiving capital grants. This, he said, would be incorporated into the main blueprint to form a complete masterplan and would ensure that the schools receive the same attention as national schools. “This shows how much we value Chinese schools, Tamil schools, mission schools and religious schools. “This is part of comprehensive measures my ministry is taking to help all students, regardless of what type of school they come from,” he said yesterday during a press conference during a one-day visit here. According to Hishammuddin, the mini-blueprint will address the welfare and development needs of the schools. Aspects such as the development of basic facilities, allocation of land for building new schools, upgrading of infrastructure and other financial needs will be looked into. He said vernacular schools, mission schools and religious schools would not be neglected while national schools are developed. In fact, he stressed, the Government was proud to note that these schools had very high levels of discipline and academic performance. “The ministry wants to see more schools foster unity and integration, promote the learning of languages like Chinese, Arabic and Tamil apart from Bahasa Malaysia and English, and help inculcate values such as tolerance, mutual respect, understanding and cooperation among students from all races and religions,” he said. Hishammuddin said he wanted to be fair to all types of schools and would like feedback from local community leaders on the problems faced in the development schools and education. He also refuted Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's claim that vernacular schools had been neglected and people in Sabah and Sarawak were getting a raw deal. |
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