Consider budgeting for an RCI on education, govt told

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Sharifah Munirah Alatas says the government must fund a royal commission of inquiry on education if it is serious about ‘turning the nation around’.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/02/consider-budgeting-for-an-rci-on-education-govt-told/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/10/02/kerajaan-digesa-pertimbang-biayai-rci-pendidikan/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #SharifahMunirahAlatas #RosliMahat #RCI #Gerak

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00:00An academic has called on the government to fund a Royal Commission of Inquiry, or an

00:06independent study, on the state of the nation's education system from

00:10preschool through university.

00:12Sharifa Munira Alatas, chair of the Malaysian Academic Movement, said the

00:16quality of the nation's education has progressively declined despite the

00:20billions spent by the government.

00:22Munira suggested that universities, NGOs, and private sector stakeholders with an

00:27interest in education be given funding to run independent parallel studies which

00:31can provide the current administration analyses of previous blueprints and

00:35roadmaps for the future of the education sector.

00:39She also said there is a gap between the strategic plans and blueprints Malaysia

00:43has devised and their implementation due to political interference and the use of

00:48education as a tool to garner votes.

00:50Meanwhile, Gerak Secretary-General Rosli Mahat suggested that the government

00:55distribute its available budget more fairly across all education sectors rather

00:59than merely focusing on public universities.

01:02Rosli called for research grants to be handed out based on the quality of the

01:05research proposals submitted by academics rather than simply on the basis that the

01:10recipients come from research-based institutions.

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