KOTA KINABALU, March 27 – The Sabah Kadazandusun Murut Welfare and Education Association (Pekadin) wants the Education Ministry to review Malaysian history text book contents on the formation Sabah and Sarawak and their merging with Peninsular Malaysia (Malaya). Pekadin deputy president Nailin Gabintal said there was an urgent need to push for the review by the ministry following the Sabah intrusion by Sulu gunmen from southern Philippines.
“The Malaysian history text books now are only focusing on the history of Peninsular Malaysia and are not in detail on Sabah and Sarawak.
“Feedback and response received by Pekadin shows that the younger generation and Malaysian adults still have ‘shallow knowledge’ on the real history relating to Sulu sultanate before Sabah gained independence through the formation of Malaysia on September 16, 1963,” he said.
On this note, it was timely the Education Ministry added more detail on Sabah’s history in secondary history text books, he said. Nailin said he supported the statement by Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim which stated that Sabah belongs to Malaysia under international laws, recognised by The United Nations (UN) and cannot be claimed by any party.
Meanwhile,in KOTA MARUDU, in the effort to improve Sabahans in education, the Kota Marudu Parliament Office in collaboration with Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will be organising and eucation carnival for the constituency themed ‘One Step to Higher Education’ which will be held on March 28 at the Kota Marudu Community Hall.
The spokesman for the organising committee, Wellson Magusun, said it was part of UMS’s approach to offer education opportunities to Sabahans in higher education. The event is scheduled to be launched by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, who is also Kota Marudu member of parliament.
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