The debate surrounding the matriculation programme has become more heated due to the government’s open stance and its willingness to accept criticism, say educationists. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 25, 2019.
THE matriculation programme has always been about race and that is why the policy has become such an emotional subject for the year-old Pakatan Harapan government seeking to end communal politics, said education experts. Former education policymakers, academics and education activists said the debate over matriculation or “matric” is more heated now than before simply because of the government’s policy towards openness and accepting criticism.
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