Maszlee: Character building to complement 3R learning in primary schools


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 29 Aug 2018

Dr Maszlee Malik. -filepic

KLANG: Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik wants teachers to play a pivotal role in inculcating good values in students in addition to teaching them the 3Rs (reading, writing and arithmetic).

He said good values will become the fourth R in the system for character building which should begin from primary school.

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