GEORGE TOWN: The High Court today ruled that Jawi was part of Bahasa Malaysia and is therefore okay to be taught to pupils in Chinese and Tamil schools.
He said the implementation of Jawi classes was not against the spirit of the National Languages Act 1963/1967 and also the provisions under the Federal Constitution. Gerakan, through its president Dominic Lau Hoe Chai had named Education Minister Maszlee Malik, his deputy Teo Nie Ching and the federal government as respondents.
It said having Jawi classes in Chinese or Tamil schools would give the perception that Islam was being propagated in vernacular schools, which it felt was not right.
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