Malaysian Indian Women's Association (MAIMA) president Pooja Kamalambigai says the NGO will be objecting Putrajaya's plan to introduce khat (Jawi calligraphy) art in Standard 4 Bahasa Malaysia textbooks for vernacular schools next year.
Khat is the calligraphic or written art form of Jawi, which was used to write Bahasa Malaysia prior to use of the Roman alphabet.
Various quarters, including the public, Tamil and Chinese education groups and DAP grassroots, had questioned the Pakatan Harapan government’s motive in proceeding with the BN-era plan to include khat lessons in the primary school textbooks, for fear of Islamisation in schools.
