The national schools are for all Malaysian citizens and it should go about stressing on norms and values that can be accepted by children and parents of all races and religions.

It would be for the betterment of all Malaysians if the national schools confine the teaching of religion and moral education to cater for society's immediate needs rather than enthralling the children too much with metaphysical logic which may not be generically accepted by parents of all races

If there is a syllabus to follow, teachers should confine their teachings to that and be guided by it. School principals should not entertain teachers who prefer to indulge in religious or moral frills as parents have their own interpretation of what religion and morality are all about.

To an extent, flaunting religious or moral superfluities in schools, which can be peculiar to one race or religion, will not help much in bringing people of all races and religions together. Some of these add-ons by overzealous teachers are the cause for national schools being generally perceived as gradually catering to the needs of a single race or religion.

It's when the ostensible aspects of a religion are overzealously flaunted in the presence of people of other religions, would the latter react with enmity. This can happen in any society. It would be wise, therefore, that the general values and forms peculiar to one religion but not universal to all be kept as personal ideals and out of schools.