'Why are PAS schools still running amid 'unregistered' claims?'

A PKR newcomer asked the government why PAS-run schools are allowed to operate, considering reports that claim the schools are not legally registered.

Faiz Na’aman, who joined PKR last year, called for the Islamist party’s schools to be reviewed under the Federal Constitution.

“Are they (PAS-run schools) in line with the national education policy and national and state laws (in matters of religion)?

“Let there be the necessary improvements to coordinate the quality, standards, syllabus, and education system so that nobody, regardless of which party, can manipulate and exploit the education of the nation’s children,” the former Bersatu supreme council member said in a statement today.

He also slammed opposition supporters who reacted aggressively to his online post on Human Resources Minister Steven Sim, who said PAS’ Pusat Asuhan Tunas Islam (Pasti) teachers are entitled to the RM1,700 minimum wage order.

“They simply shared a screenshot of my comment without showing the context of what news/issue my comment was based on. 

“Do they realise that if the minimum salary is implemented by Pasti, then the ones who benefit are their group as well?” he said.

Previously, PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden said that Pasti teachers are given a “volunteer allowance” instead of fixed salaries.

In his debate on the 13th Malaysia Plan, the Alor Setar MP claimed that Pasti had informed teachers who wished to serve voluntarily about the constraints in paying high wages due to low student fees.

He also asserted that the volunteer teachers at Pasti are not serving with expectations of remuneration.

Indoctrination

Commenting further, Faiz explained his belief on why PAS-run schools should not exist, saying that they foment a subtle influence on the children who were educated there.

“The indoctrination is not done directly or openly, but because these institutions are managed by PAS, the children who graduate from Pasti as well as Sekolah Rendah and Sekolah Menengah Integrasi Teras Islam (Sriti and Smiti) after they are teenagers or adults will feel somewhat indebted to the ecosystem built by PAS,” he added.

He pointed to examples such as Mara Science Junior Colleges (MRSM) and Community Development Department (Kemas) preschools (tabika), which he said were criticised for pro-BN indoctrination.

This is despite these schools not falling directly under BN’s control, he said, unlike PAS’ education institutions.

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