Why Orang Asli schools must be inclusive

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Why Orang Asli schools must be inclusive

Mustafa K. Anuar Updated 2 months ago · Published on 4 Jan 2023 7:00AM · 0 Comments

School textbooks need to highlight the Orang Asli as a community that has its own cultural traditions, lifestyle and beliefs just like any other communities that have their rightful places in our society. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 4, 2023.

Commentary by Mustafa K. Anuar

IT is noteworthy that newly minted Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has made it her priority to improve poorly conditioned schools in the interior of Sabah and Sarawak as well as the peninsula so as to ensure children in these areas have equal access to education.