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‘Umno man’s English school proposal sweet tune for GE14'
Published:  May 26, 2017 9:54 AM
Updated: 3:15 AM

A PKR leader has asked if the support for English-medium schools shown by an Umno Youth leader this week is merely to gain support ahead of the coming general election.

PKR national integration bureau chief R Santhara Kumar said Malaysian students are treated like "laboratory rats" every time the education minister changes.

He was commenting on Umno Youth deputy chief Khairul Azwan Harun, who said on Wednesday he supports having more English-medium schools in Malaysia.

"This statement seems like it is only to give hope to voters of certain races in the coming general election.

"I say this not because I do not like (the use of) English, but because we must be realistic.

"Our country's education policy is like a test laboratory, every time the education minister's portfolio changes, the policy changes.

"Students at schools are treated like 'laboratory rats' by the Umno-BN government," Santhara said in a statement today...

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