Raduan Che Rose had said the UEC needed to be 'rooted in the Federal Constitution, national education policy, and Malaysia's nation-building aspirations'.
00:00Urimay Chairman P. Ramasamy has taken a swipe at a prominent academic for saying that a unified examination certificate lies outside the framework of the Constitution because of its Chinese medium instruction.
00:14In a statement, Ramasamy said,
00:16National Professors Council President Raduan Che Rose would know that some Malaysian public universities use English as the medium of instruction, perhaps to prepare them for international exposure.
00:27He asked Raduan whether this also contradicted the federal constitution or national education framework, since the academic had emphasized the importance of Bahasa Melayu with regards to the UEC.
00:41Ramasamy also maintained that while Bahasa Melayu is the national language, the federal constitution provides for vernacular schools to use Mandarin or Tamil as their medium of instruction.
00:52Raduan was quoted by NST as saying that the UEC operated outside the national curriculum governance framework, despite its academic quality.
01:03He said any academic qualification recognized by public universities or for entry into public service must include proficiency in Bahasa Melayu while reflecting national history, constitutional literacy, and civic education.
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