The Education Ministry has explained that the introduction of"khat" or calligraphy art in the Bahasa Malaysia curriculum for primary Year 4 students was to foster beautiful writing.
“The art was introduced to train students to write beautifully and to instil an element of fun in teaching and learning activities in schools,” it said in a statement today. “In English, students are taught basic literacy phonic dan penmanship in year one and two. In Chinese, students are taught mopit writing, which is the art of Chinese calligraphy, beginning in Year 3 to Form 5,” it said.
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