The first online talk of the Education Roundtable Series organised by Inisiatif Pengislahan Pendidikan Nasional (IPPN) is entitled:
𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🌺🌺
📅 30th July 2021 (Friday)
🕰 8.00pm via Zoom
🖇 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sdOGorzMoEtStHK-8w2QjmkirhI5dRR-x?fbclid=IwAR1TVWqdL_a09LnrSYZ2pr9ggZctE3LbgDT8UUO26S88bEDykDfGeyNcbuY
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Please register on the link above to watch the discussion on 30th July
🔸Panel Speakers
Distinguished Professor Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin
Founding Director, National Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Datuk Ramli Ibrahim
Chairman, Sutra Foundation
An accomplished ballet, modern and Indian classical dancer. Ramli has been honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi award (2011) and the Padma Shri award (2018) from India and a Datukship (2013) from Malaysia.
Nadira Ilana
A writer-filmmaker from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She is an advocate for a better and more inclusive cultural representation of Borneo-Malaysians in the national narrative.
🔸 Moderator
Eddin Khoo Bu-Eng
Executive Editor at the news site The Vibes and the founder of PUSAKA, one of the region’s leading cultural centres
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💡 Main message of the talk:
Multicultural is a term often used to describe Malaysian society, but how far is this concept properly understood within the context of Malaysian society?
And how far does the term actually encapsulate the cultural complexities that underlie social and historical relations?
What is the role of education in this process, and does a multicultural education system facilitate or encumber our understanding?
Given that inequality exists at all levels, how do we, as a nation, create “active citizenship”- informed, sensitive and critically responsive to their social, economic and cultural diversity. More importantly, do these terms mean anything at all in our present context?