Education DG says no coercion on Year Three pupil to take up Islamic Studies

PETALING JAYA: There was no coercion on a Year Three pupil to take up Islamic Studies as claimed by several online news portals, says the Education Ministry’s director-general Datuk Dr Amin Senin.

“In relation to the Malaysiakini report titled ‘Father wants Education Ministry’s attention: Claims Hindu student forced to take up Islamic Studies’, the ministry wishes to clarify that the school authorities did not force the student to take up Islamic Studies as reported in the portal and several other media outlets,” he said in a media statement issued Tuesday (Feb 5).