Education must balance academics with moral, humanitarian values, says Anwar


PUTRAJAYA: The nation’s education system should focus on balanced moral and humanitarian values as well as academic achievements, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Speaking at the Monthly Assembly with staff of the Prime Minister’s Department, he said the nation’s educational legacy is too bound to Western thought that emphasises material gain and capital accumulation without assessing the moral dimension of human development.

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