NAJIB MISSES OPPORTUNITY IN PENANG TO ANNOUNCE THAT VERNACULAR SCHOOLS WHETHER PRIMARY OR SECONDARY ARE ABSORBED INTO THE NATIONALEDUCATION SYSTEM
PM Najib plays cool with a visit to Penang to announce that he endorses the
continued existence of chinese vernacular schools by handing out a million
ringgit to each school. it is a clever move, as Penang is the home of many
chinese voters and houses the famous chung ling secondary college.
By this move he hoped to win back the Chinese vote which have swung towards
the Opposition throughout the country and even to Sarawak,where the chinese
majority city of Sibu overwhelmingly voted for the DAP at the recent State
elections.
The Razak name is associated strongly with the education of mother tongue
schools. In 1950 his father Tun Razak as the then Prime Minister launched
off the Razak Report on education. the report while allowing the existence
of vernacular schools, had the ultimate objective of eradicating all mother
tongue vernacular schools. this evoke intense opposition from chinese
parents and educationists.
When DAP was founded in 1965, it led the fight for vernacular mother tongue
schools to be a perennial part of the national education policy.
Najib’s announcement that he guarantees and welcomes the continuation
of chinese schools however is a half hearted concession. even the donation
of RM 1 million to each chinese school does not convince the people that
chinese vernacular schools are fully accepted into the national education
system. for one thing the pitiful amount of donations and grants to chinese
schools pale in comparison to the generous allocations to malay national
schools
If Najib is sincere about promoting chinese schools, he should have
announced in Penang that vernacular chinese and tamil schools hold the same
rank and status as malay national schools. this simple act would have
erased the mistake made by his father and restored the political status of
the Razak name in perpetuity.
The service and sacrifice of Chinese educationists like Dong Jiao Jong to
preserve chinese schools has done a great service to the country. today
these schools continue to produce students who are educated in chinese, and
they have command of the Chinese language, which have equipped them to be
able to deal with China. as everybody knows, China is now the second largest
economy in the world and presents tremendous Indian or kadazan are ready to
do business with China economists predict that China and India will be the
locomotives to lead the world out of the recession which is looming over us.
Najib should be thankful to the Chinese educationists who demand not money
but that PM Najib be wise enough to embrace chines schools whether primary
or secondary schools into the education system on an equal basis with
national schools
Dr Chen Man Hin
DAP Life Advisor
纳吉在访问槟城时错失机会宣布将华校列入国家教育体系。
首相纳吉近日访问槟城时，移交百万令吉款项予各校时宣布会继续保留华校及国民型学校，这是明智步骤，因为槟城有很多华裔选民，还有闻名的钟灵中学。
通过此项步骤，他希望能够重新赢得华裔选民的支持，因为国内甚至砂拉越都在刮反风，
於最近在砂拉越州选举中，华裔占多数的诗巫更是全力支持行动党。
拉萨的名字一直都与母语教育联系起来。於1950年，纳吉的父亲敦拉萨当时担任教育部长，
就推出拉萨教育报告，该份报告虽然承诺容许母语教育的存在，但最终目标却是要废除全部母语学校，因而激起华裔家长及华教人士的强烈反对。
民主行动党於1965年成立，它力争将华文教育列为国家教育政策的组成部份。
纳吉表示鼓励学华文及保证华校的持续发展，但那仍是缺乏诚意的承诺，虽然每间华校都获得100万令吉捐款，但却还未能搏取人心及让人相信华教已被列入国家教育体系，因为给华校微少数额的捐款，仍比不上政府资援马来学校那般慷慨。
假如纳吉真有诚意发展华校，他应该在槟城就宣布，华校与淡米尔学校与马来国民学校是同一等级的学校，这样简单的作法就将能弥补他父亲的过错，及维护拉萨的政治地位。
像董教总的华教运动分子为维护华文教育的付出与牺牲，已经对国家作出巨大的贡献，
今天华校培养许多能掌握华文的学生，他们就能协助拓展中国市场，大家都应该知道，今日的中国是世界第二大经济体，也给马来西亚人提供很好的机会。也就是说，不论是马来人，或是印度人，或是卡达山人，他
们都想要跟中国做生意。
经济学者预言，中国与印度将是带领世界摆脱经济衰退的驱动力。
纳吉应该感谢华教人士，他们不在意钱，他们希望纳吉能够明智地平等看待华教，将华校列为与国民学校相同地位的教育制度。
民主行动党永久顾问
曾敏兴医生
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