Nuthin Floydian About Maszlee And Teo Nee Ching Chun Wai

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We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone…"Another Brick in the Wall" was Pink Floyd's several parts songs from their 1979 album, The Wall.

It is rock opera which explores the life of a character facing abuse from his schoolteachers, an overprotective mother, and the breakdown of his marriage contributing to an eventual self-imposed isolation from society, symbolised by a wall.

Critics described it as overblown and pretentious but it is one of greatest rock album or all time and one of the most well known concept album of all time also.

This blog used Another Brick in the Wall to represent one brick or voice of many bricks that make up the wall.

Wong Chun Wai's column of same title in The Star today dealt with the recent issue of opening matriculation entry to other races.

Like food, education is an area many claim to know because the eat daily and had some level of education, more so for those with tertiary education.

However, it is a big difference between knowing about food and education as consumer of food and educational services than being involved in food service industry and as educatiinist.

So it is best not to stretch our view on education more than our limited expectation and outcome of education.

Chun Wai rightfully pointed out the weakness of the Minister to make policy announcement without thoroughly thinking of the implication.

However, Chun Wai failed to comment a glaring conflict between the statement of Minister and his Deputy.

Dr Maszlee U-turned a decision and maintain the 90% Bumiputera admission for matriculation. Teo Nee Ching denied a decision was made and intended to have the option for more non-Bumiputera remain open.

Actually, the statements of both Maszlee and Nee Ching typically reflect New Malaysia. It is old Malaysia narrative guised as failed promises (manifesto).

Maszlee failed to understand the policy implication in his statements. He failed to come out with an equitable education access solution to the old racial quota.

While, Nee Ching is in post-May 13 1969 DAP merely only looking at expanding Chinese interest under the guise of Malaysian interest.

Chun Wai is suspected of being bias and his arguments subtly backing Nee Ching's chauvanistic stance.

During Dato Najib's administration, Chun Wai bodek him with his Moderate Malaysia tagline and earned a place on the Board of Trustee of Global Moderate Movement initiative of Najib.

That tagline is no more heard and The Star seemed to pander to Malaysian Malaysia's ideology for equality across all races which not necessarily translate to a just Malaysia.

Chun Wai's version of Moderate Malaysia was itself a guise for Malaysian Malaysia but merely making the lallang politically correct to the then BN government.

It is not the interest of this blog to pretend to be a Maggi Mee instant educationist, but Chun Wai missed the issue of matriculation program by looking at it as a mere cost effective route for students.

That was not the sole purpose of matriculation when it was established.

Why Chun Wai used Another Brick in the Wall as the title of his Sunday column beats the hell out of us?

Does he believe someone out there don't need no education and be left to self-imposed isolation from society?

Thought the much hoopla over matriculation is the MOE of PH government wanting to resolve and standardise the post-SPM educatiin options to meet University entry or other career route.

Too much to expect of amateur government.

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