KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — Close to 1,000 protesters demonstrated here today against the Dual Language Programme (DLP), the second such rally since the school policy that allows certain subjects to be taught in English began this year.
Led by Islamist opposition party PAS, the demonstration at Titiwangsa Lake here was co-organised by education groups, including Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI (GMP) and Gerakan Isu-Isu Pendidikan Kebangsaan (GIPK).
GMP chairman Professor Shaharir Md Zain said the group will continue to protest the policy, claiming the DLP would create a future generation brought up in two separate education streams.
“It will be a big challenge in the future because we will raise two split streams in the next generation. One will be thinking in an English language-based culture, and another thinking in our native language,” he told the crowd here.
“This will give birth to a great clash in the next generation and to me, this government policy is not smart and we must reject it firmly.”
Other notable figures at the rally included national laureate Datuk A. Samad Said, Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali, along with PAS leaders like deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man and vice-president Ustaz Idris Ahmad.
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