Multi-racial boarding schools successfully encouraging unity, forum told

The focus of the Asrama Malaysia programme is to encourage racial and religious tolerance by having students of all races live and carry out activities under one roof.

Shukri, who was the third dean of the Victoria Institution boarding school from 2013 to 2017, said the focus of the programme was to encourage racial and religious tolerance by having students of all races live and carry out activities under one roof. “There are no classes teaching the different cultures, but they participate in modules and get credit points if they learn new languages or the traditional dance of a different culture.

However, he said there were challenges in ensuring continuing success of the programme as fewer and fewer Chinese and Indian parents were sending their children to attend the boarding schools. He said this was partly due to the fear among minority-group parents that their children might end up converting to Islam.

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