S’wak wants Iban language taught at local universities, says Deputy Premier


KUCHING: Sarawak wants an Iban language course to be offered at local universities in order to produce more trained teachers in the language, says Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah.

The Deputy Premier said the course was available at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Perak, but he was informed that there was a lack of lecturers due to its distance from Sarawak.

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