Khat will be optional for vernacular schoolteachers, Cabinet decides (updated)


PUTRAJAYA: Chinese and Tamil vernacular school teachers have the freedom to choose whether they want to teach khat, says Dr Maszlee Malik.

Khat, or Jawi calligraphy, will now be reduced to three pages from the initial six, the Education Minister told during a press conference here Thursday (Aug 8).

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