Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Rush Rush - Paula Abdul
They say that "Fools rush in". I believe that. It is worrying when the fools are those who are in charge of a local University in Malaysia!
A teaching guide for the Ethnic Relations module prepared by the University Putra Malaysia was rushed out - and have caused a lot of concern for the apparent wrongful facts and judgmental nature of its contents.
In what i believe to a rare occasion, members of the opposition as well as from the government took turns to criticise the teaching guide (see report here) at the Dewan Rakyat.
It is sad that the Higher Education Ministry refuse to withdraw the said teaching guide. (Read with disgust here).
Well, all is not lost - hear the voice of reason from Prof Datuk Dr. Khoo of University Malaysia
here. He rightly pointed out inter alia that the focus should be on understanding the cultures of the different races and not politcal issues!
Dr. Khoo is only one person - but every long journey begins with but a single step, doesn't it?
A teaching guide for the Ethnic Relations module prepared by the University Putra Malaysia was rushed out - and have caused a lot of concern for the apparent wrongful facts and judgmental nature of its contents.
In what i believe to a rare occasion, members of the opposition as well as from the government took turns to criticise the teaching guide (see report here) at the Dewan Rakyat.
It is sad that the Higher Education Ministry refuse to withdraw the said teaching guide. (Read with disgust here).
Well, all is not lost - hear the voice of reason from Prof Datuk Dr. Khoo of University Malaysia
here. He rightly pointed out inter alia that the focus should be on understanding the cultures of the different races and not politcal issues!
Dr. Khoo is only one person - but every long journey begins with but a single step, doesn't it?
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