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DPM TO SHARE MALAYSIA`S EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE IN EDUCATION
From Caroline Jackson
PARIS, April 6 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
will share Malaysia's experience and expertise to help other developing
countries achieve Unesco's target of providing education for all (EFA) by
2015, Malaysia's permanent delegate to Unesco Kenneth J. Luis said Monday.
He said Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, was expected to touch on
the country's commitment in the education sector at the 184th session of the
Unesco executive board, which begins here Tuesday.
"It cannot be denied that providing education is one of Malaysia's
greatest strengths, which has put it on the right track to achieving Unesco's
target, especially at the primary level, in five years," he told Malaysian
journalists after a pre-council meeting with Muhyiddin ahead of the two-day
session.
He said there were many other countries, especially those in Africa
and other developing countries, which were unlikely to achieve the 2015 target
set by Unesco.
Delegates at the conference are also expected to raise issues about climate
change and the reconstruction of educational institutions destroyed in the
recent earthquake in Haiti.
On a related issue, Luis said a draft resolution by Malaysia and four
other Islamic countries -- Indonesia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq -- to
include madrasah education in mainstream education was proposed to be discussed
at the conference.
Malaysia was expected to share its experience of how madrasah education in
the country also included subjects like science and mathematics, he said.
The resolution was supported by Brunei, Japan, Nigeria, the Philippines,
Senegal, Tanzania and United Arab Emirates.
However, Luis said, the resolution for the development of a modern, quality
madrasah education in the mainstream system received objection from several
European and South American countries and was withdrawn at the last minute.
"It has since been replaced with a reworded draft which now reads as the
development of a modern, quality and inclusive education, which received support
from member countries," he added.
-- BERNAMA
PARIS, April 6 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
will share Malaysia's experience and expertise to help other developing
countries achieve Unesco's target of providing education for all (EFA) by
2015, Malaysia's permanent delegate to Unesco Kenneth J. Luis said Monday.
He said Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, was expected to touch on
the country's commitment in the education sector at the 184th session of the
Unesco executive board, which begins here Tuesday.
"It cannot be denied that providing education is one of Malaysia's
greatest strengths, which has put it on the right track to achieving Unesco's
target, especially at the primary level, in five years," he told Malaysian
journalists after a pre-council meeting with Muhyiddin ahead of the two-day
session.
He said there were many other countries, especially those in Africa
and other developing countries, which were unlikely to achieve the 2015 target
set by Unesco.
Delegates at the conference are also expected to raise issues about climate
change and the reconstruction of educational institutions destroyed in the
recent earthquake in Haiti.
On a related issue, Luis said a draft resolution by Malaysia and four
other Islamic countries -- Indonesia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq -- to
include madrasah education in mainstream education was proposed to be discussed
at the conference.
Malaysia was expected to share its experience of how madrasah education in
the country also included subjects like science and mathematics, he said.
The resolution was supported by Brunei, Japan, Nigeria, the Philippines,
Senegal, Tanzania and United Arab Emirates.
However, Luis said, the resolution for the development of a modern, quality
madrasah education in the mainstream system received objection from several
European and South American countries and was withdrawn at the last minute.
"It has since been replaced with a reworded draft which now reads as the
development of a modern, quality and inclusive education, which received support
from member countries," he added.
-- BERNAMA
