Teaching the ‘soldiers of nationhood’


YET again the Malaysian education system throws up a “conversion controversy”: Last week it was reported that a teacher told an Indian pupil he should become a Muslim to boost his chances of becoming a national footballer.

In the last 20 years, I can list so many incidents of teachers not according dignity and respect to those not of their race or faith.

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