An influential Chinese education lobby group today reiterated its opposition to the Vision School, saying its ability to achieve national integration is doubtful as long as unfair policies as practised by the government exist.
"The Vision School [concept] is based on the wrong premise that the existence of current segregated schools having various mediums of instruction had hindered national integration," said the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia and United Chinese School Teachers Association of Malaysia, collectively known as Dong Jiao Zong (DJZ), in a press statement.
The Vision School concept was introduced by the government to place three primary schools of different teaching mediums — Malay, Mandarin and Tamil — in the same compound with the expressed aim of promoting integration and unity among students of various races.
