（吉隆坡17日讯）巫统总秘书丹斯里安努亚慕沙说，巫统必须视独中统考为大马人的问题，而不是种族问题。
安努亚慕沙也是巫统格底里国会议员，当国阵还是政府时，他致力推动独中统考，并指若继续否决统考生在本地大学和公共服务领域的地位，最后损失的是国家。
安努亚慕沙接受《Malay
Mail》访问时说，巫统是时候变得务实，看看如何为一个长期迫在眉睫的问题提供解决方案。
他说，很多非华裔生也参加独中统考考试。
“巫统不能视统考为华人的问题，而是大马人的问题。
“其实，我已会晤一些独中毕业的马来学生。”
安努亚慕沙受询及有关他公开支持统考，是否阻碍巫统在马来社群的受欢迎程度事宜，作出上述回应。
“我一直相信巫统必须务实、现实，但这不代表我们乖离自己所创建的政策。
“我一直相信巫统反映人民的需求与期望，而不只是马来人。巫统必须认清一个事实，即巫统不能成为独立的政党。”
他说，巫统不能“沙文主义”、“种族主义”和不了解国家的真实情况，而是需要真正感受全民的脉搏。
他说，现在的政府该迅速解决问题，并指他本人已做了很多工作，包括会晤马来与华裔教育家。
他说，除了统考的马来文和历史科目与国家教育政策精神有点不一致，其余没问题。
尽管如此，他认为，上述小小的问题可以被解决的。
他说，统考毕业生来自有素质的教育制度，若政府拒绝他们，那么他们就不在体系内。
“他们就会感觉自己不被国家需要，用更极端的字眼，就是感觉被歧视。”
他说，若有更多家长选择把孩子送入华校，马来教育家不用担心。
他还说，一些中产阶级的马来人也选择私人和国际学校。
“若有更多人选择把孩子送去华校，我们也不该担心。只要它们（学校）最低限度要充分遵守国家教育政策，这对我而言就足够了。其实也太足够了。”
他不忘提醒，以中文为教学媒介语的学校，是在宪法框架下操作的。
（诗华日报）
Annuar Musa: Umno must treat UEC as a Malaysian problem
17 February 2019 《Malaymail》
By Yiswaree Palansamy
Tan Sri Annuar Musa says it is
time for Umno to be pragmatic and look at how it can contribute to finding a
solution to the long-impending problem surrounding the Unified Examination
Certificate. — Picture by Hari Anggara
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Umno
secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa said the party must treat the issues surrounding
the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) as a Malaysian problem instead of
looking at it as an ethnic-centric problem.
In an interview with Malay Mail,
the Ketereh MP who is a staunch campaigner for UEC even when Barisan Nasional's
(BN) was the government of the day cautioned that it is the nation that stands
to lose the most, if it continues to deny UEC qualifiers places in public
universities and the civil service.
He said it was time for Umno to
be pragmatic and look at how it can contribute to finding a solution to the
long-impending problem.
Annuar also pointed out that
there are many non-Chinese students who have also taken the UEC.
“Umno must not treat UEC as a
Chinese problem. It is a Malaysian problem.
“In fact, I met some Malay
students who also took the UEC,” Annuar said.
He was responding to a question
as to whether his open support for UEC had hampered Umno's popularity among the
Malay community.
“I always believe Umno must be
pragmatic, realistic, but that does not mean we are running away from policies
we created. I always believe Umno must reflect on the needs and desires of the
rakyat, not just the Malays. Umno must accept that fact ... Umno cannot be a
standalone party,” Annuar said.
He said Umno cannot afford to be
“chauvinistic”, “racist”, and be ignorant of the real state of affairs in the
country, and must position itself to really feel the pulse of every Malaysian.
Annuar said the current
government should take swift action to address the problem, adding that he
himself has already done much legwork by holding discussions with both Malay
and ethnic Chinese educationists.
He said there were no credible
reasons apart from issues pertaining to UEC's Bahasa Malaysia and History
subjects, which he admitted were inconsistent with the national education
policy’s spirit.
However, Annuar believes such
minor issues can be solved.
He said UEC graduates come from a
quality education system.
“We rejected them, so they become
outside of the system. So then, they will have a feeling among the students
that they are not wanted by their own country or being discriminated, to put it
in more extreme words,” he added.
He said Malay educationists should
not be worried if more parents opt for a Chinese vernacular education for their
children, pointing out how some middle-class Malays have been opting for
private and international schools.
“We should not worry if more
people send their children to attend Chinese schools. As long as their (the
schools) minimum requirement in terms of conformity to the national education
policy is adequate. To me, that’s enough. That’s more than enough,” he said,
reminding that Chinese-medium schools are still operating within the framework
of the Federal Constitution.
Chinese independent secondary
schools are private institutions reliant on donations and financial support
from the ethnic Chinese community, but some of their students also sit for
examinations from the national school syllabus.
In Budget 2019, Putrajaya
directly allocated RM12 million to upgrade Chinese independent schools as part
of a RM652 million fund for the same in 10 other types of schools.
(Malaymail)
