Published: Tuesday January 22, 2013 MYT 12:56:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday January 22, 2013 MYT 3:46:31 PM
Khaled: Govt has no intention of brainwashing students
By KANG SOON CHEN
PUTRAJAYA: The Government has no intention of brainwashing students through campus activities, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
He said the allegation that the Government had been brainwashing students via activities such as forums was not true since it defeated the purpose of higher education.
"There is no intention whatsoever to brainwash the students, it will not help us to achieve our aim to instil critical thinking skills among the students," Mohamed Khaled told reporters here.
He reiterated that neither the ministry nor Universiti Utara Malaysia were behind the public forum held at UUM involving undergraduate K.S. Bawani and SW1M president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin.
The forum became a controversy when a video clip emerged on YouTube showing Sharifah Zohra Jabeen berating Bawani over free higher education.