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He is shocked that most do not know Jawi has been in Standard 5 BM textbooks for years.

In a joint statement, the group says that the rule would complicate implementation.

Anwar, however, added that he did not disagree with the Education Ministry's revised plan on khat.

LETTER | Jawi calligraphy is only a divisive issue because of Dong Zong.

MOE hopes that following the cabinet decision, the issue would no longer be raised inaccurately.

LETTER | 'The Jawi script is a national heritage that is supposed to be respected by all.' 

He will raise the matter again in cabinet this week, says the DAP secretary-general.

UPDATED 10.20AM | Wong Shu Qi accuses Umno and MCA politicians of playing up racial sentiments over khat.

Minister says there are many other skills students need to acquire, such as coding.

MP SPEAKS | The Education Ministry did not communicate this policy properly, leaving a lot of room for dispute.

Jawi is not related to religion but BM. He believes the polemic over khat is rooted in the phobia towards Islam.

COMMENT | We need thinking skills infused in all our lessons, not more drill and mindless exercises.

DAP sec-gen explains the unhappiness is over the perception that Education Ministry was acting unilaterally. 

COMMENT | It might be easier to dismiss the fear of khat to be as irrational as the fear of crosses.

The inclusion only comprises khat calligraphy and not learning of Jawi script, says deputy minister.

UPDATED 7.40PM | Dong Zong's official welcomes the memorandum, saying differences in opinion must be respected.

After burning the midnight oil with DAP reps, the party sec-gen meets the PM again this morning.

ADUN SPEAKS | 'It isn't so much the fear of khat per se, but what might follow if such an education policy takes root.'

Sec-gen says it is inappropriate to make it an issue that invites controversy.

They want the ministry to specify what will be added to the syllabus before rolling out the initiative.

MP SPEAKS | The beauty of khat connects our generation to the long history of Malaysia. 

MP SPEAKS | What form of nation-building should be pursued – assimilation or integration?

KINIGUIDE | The planned introduction of Jawi calligraphy in Standard 4 textbooks is causing controversy.

It is just a form of writing and is unrelated to any religion or idea, says national laureate Lim Swee Tin.