Instil happiness, love and mutual respect, says Maszlee
SHAH ALAM: The Education Ministry will work towards instilling the culture of happiness, love and mutual respect in schools and varsities to create a fun and positive learning environment.
Its minister, Dr Maszlee Malik, said he hoped the three values would be inculcated and popularised among those in the education field, including lecturers, teachers, school and varsity students as well as parents.
“First, we need to spread happiness. People live in a stressful environment and lead a stressful live. Stress is not good for our health, emotion and growth.
“Second, is the culture of love. At times, problems (or social issues) occur due to the lack of love. And third, is mutual respect. We need to respect one another despite our differences in race, religion, state or background.
“The three values must be instilled in our lives and in classrooms and lecture halls. We do not want people who only live by the books. We want to produce graduates with high moral values.
“We no longer want to hear about hatred or prejudice against another race, religion or party. We celebrate differences and differences are our strength,” he said after attending the Karnival Karangkraf 2018 closing ceremony here yesterday.
He said these values would not be forced onto students and teachers, but they would be empowered and encouraged to live by them.
“It (the three values ) is not a law, policy or circular. In the future, we will try to draft programmes to make this part of our learning and teaching process.”