‘Let schools decide on newspapers’


PETALING JAYA: An Education Ministry directive urging national schools to subscribe to only Bahasa Malaysia newspapers has raised the ire of education groups which questioned the rationale.

“There should be at least one Malay newspaper. However, English, Tamil and Chinese newspapers should also be included,” said Parent Action Group for Education (Page) chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim.

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