Group works to correct inaccuracies in history textbooks


Angie Tan

The government has come under fire in recent weeks after prominent historian Ranjit Singh Malhi criticised the latest edition of secondary school history textbooks for being biased and inaccurate. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 28, 2021.

AN independent education committee is undertaking the process of scrutinising the contents of secondary school history textbooks to determine factual biases.

The committee – National Education Reform Committee – is combing through history books for Form 1 to Form 5 to look into what facts needed to be corrected or included, said its chairman, Tan Yew Sing.


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