True reflection of education

I FEEL compelled to respond to the letter “Capitalise on MCKK Brand” (The Star, May 3) on the modelling of national schools on the Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) and/or privatising MCKK to achieve greater heights.

The article resonated with me as I am part of the stigma. My children are in international school although that wasn’t the plan. I am a product of the national school system. My eldest child was meant to enrol in a national school. National schools are incubators for national integration, where the myriad cultures, populations and languages represent the melting pot we call Malaysia. Or so I thought. My daughter’s incoming class comprised two Indians, zero Chinese or other races, and 197 Malays. For a school 4km away from KLCC, I pray that it wasn’t a true reflection of the country’s education system. And I made the decision to pull my daughter out of the school and never looked back.