Expose students to all religions and languages

Zan AzleePublished: Oct 4, 2019 7:02 AM

COMMENT | A school conducts an art seminar in Mandarin. My reaction would be “Great! I’m sending both my daughters for Mandarin classes. If this will happen all around Malaysia, our children will learn more languages!” Now, that’s what I call a holistic education. Good job! That’s my perspective because I want my children to be multilingual.

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