KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) will discuss with the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) to hold DBP anniversary celebrations in schools from next year to boost efforts in empowering the national language, says minister Fadhlina Sidek.
She said DBP’s service, dedication, and struggle should be introduced at the school level.
In another move to empower the national language, Fadhlina said the MOE will also hold discussions with DBP to introduce books authored by national laureates as school reading materials.
She was speaking to reporters after attending DBP’s 67th-anniversary celebrations at Wisma DBP, earlier today.
Asked whether Malaysia is facing an education crisis when 30,000 candidates of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2022 did not sit for the public exam, Fadhlina said MOE will always carry out interventions to address various educational challenges such as tackling issues involving student dropout, absenteeism, and inability to master the reading skill.
She urged all parties to be inspired by the achievement of SK Seri Permai in Penang, and SK Kanchong Darat in Selangor, that were shortlisted in the top 10 for the World’s Best School Prizes 2023 recently.
“This means we can succeed in our mould,” Fadhlina said.
SK Seri Permai is listed under the Innovation category with their creation to lighten heavy school bags while SK Kanchong Darat is under the Supporting Healthy Lives category with their programme to encourage student attendance.
At the ceremony, Fadhlina launched the fourth edition of Gaya Dewan, a book which contains various information on publishing guidelines as well as WadahDBP, an e-magazine for local authors to feature their writings.
— Bernama
