Maszlee says Tamil film 'Raatchasi' interprets his aspirations for nation's education system

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik describes the Tamil film 'Raatchasi' as having portrayed the policies and changes that are being implemented in the country's education.

He said the film had interpreted his aspirations which included the Free Breakfast Programme initiative which also wanted to see teachers being able to sit down and have meals with the students.

Maszlee said the film had an extraordinary story line and proper character played by the main actor, Jyothika.

"Unlike watching the film as the Education Minister. I reflected every chapter to the situation in our country.

"Geetha Rani plays the character of a great super hero. He proves to us that major changes are not something impossible," he said in his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram entries on Monday (Sept 2) after watching the film with his officers on Saturday.

The film Raatchasi, directed by S. Gowthamraj portrays Jyothika playing the main role in going through the challenges of being a headmaster with a strong discipline who wants to improve the situation at the dilapidated school run by his government.

Maszlee said the film touched on student failures where the character Geetha had succeeded in getting everyone involved, including the police, in resolving the issue on student failures.

"This is what we are trying to do. We want to ensure that enforcement is being carried out at all angles so that there will no longer be any more student failures," he said.

He also shared the character of Geetha meeting all the parents and forming the Parents and Community Association to ensure that parents were actively involved in their children's education.

Making education as a collective vision of everyone is Maszlee's biggest aspiration as he is confident that education can improve the living standards of the local community.

He also called on everyone including all teachers, parents and students to watch the film.

Lately, the film with a duration of 2 hours and 14 minutes had gone viral among social media users because they were attracted to the story line. - Bernama