KUALA LUMPUR: Moral and Islamic Studies will be scrapped by 2005 and replaced by a new subject that will be studied by both Muslim and non-Muslim students.
Education director-general Datuk Abdul Rafie Mahat said the new subject, which is yet to be named, will be introduced from Year Four instead of Year One and is designed to promote “nation-building, patriotism and civic mindedness among the younger generation.”
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