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KJ: Is there political courage to abolish vernacular schools?
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Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar today questioned whether anyone in politics dared abolish vernacular schools, even if it was a popular proposition to promote unity in the country.

"To abolish vernacular schools, who has the political courage to do that?

"It's an ideal because you want to have everybody going to the same school as an element of unity... but it's a tough one.

"At the moment I don't see either side (of the political divide) doing this," Khairy said during the TN50x session organised by Petronas staff in Kuala Lumpur today...

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