Education Ministry sought to have local schools teach khat – a calligraphic form of the Arabic script, or Jawi, used to write the Malay language. Photo: Reuters Education Ministry sought to have local schools teach khat – a calligraphic form of the Arabic script, or Jawi, used to write the Malay language. Photo: Reuters
Education Ministry sought to have local schools teach khat – a calligraphic form of the Arabic script, or Jawi, used to write the Malay language. Photo: Reuters
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Chinese dissent in Malaysia over Jawi script in schools raises alarm in Mahathir’s government

  • Prime minister warns of ‘chaos’ after Chinese education group announces plan to protest the Arabic script being taught in vernacular schools
  • The government has largely walked back the planned change but concerns about the ‘Islamisation’ of education have been stirred

Topic |   Malaysia
Tashny Sukumaran
Tashny Sukumaran

Updated: 4:22pm, 24 Dec, 2019

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Education Ministry sought to have local schools teach khat – a calligraphic form of the Arabic script, or Jawi, used to write the Malay language. Photo: Reuters Education Ministry sought to have local schools teach khat – a calligraphic form of the Arabic script, or Jawi, used to write the Malay language. Photo: Reuters
Education Ministry sought to have local schools teach khat – a calligraphic form of the Arabic script, or Jawi, used to write the Malay language. Photo: Reuters
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