A Recent Visit to our National Library – Some Worrying Observations
Editorial Note: The following article was written by our very own Ong Kian Ming and is making the waves in the social media! I have just taken the liberty to post it up here, I'm sure he won't mind. Truly though, the article is worth a read and is a microcosm of the problems that plague our education system, and by extension, our next generation of Malaysians. A Recent Visit to our National Library – Some Worrying Observations by Ong Kian Ming Recently, I had to get my hands on some education statistics and the only place where I could locate some of this data was at the National Library.[1] The National Library is located just off Jalan Tun Razak, near Jalan Semarak in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The first and only time I had been to the National Library was in the last 1990s, after completing my studies in the UK. I remember the grand entrance into the library but recalled little of the books and reading materials. My visit in December 2012, which took place over a fe...