Penang schools instructed not to invite DAP, PKR leaders to officiate functions?

GEORGE TOWN, Wed: 

The Penang Government is seeking clarification from the State Education Department about an alleged directive to school heads allegedly instructed not to invite state government leaders and elected representatives from the DAP and Parti Keadilan Nasional to officiate functions.

The message was allegedly conveyed to them verbally during a briefing last Wednesday by a senior official from the state education department, Deputy Chief Minister Dr P. Ramasamy said today.

Ramasamy, who is also state Education committee chairman, said he had directed state secretary Datuk Jamaludin Hasan to seek clarification about the matter.

"I don't know if the directive was really issued as there is nothing in black and white,” he said. “However, schools are also the state government's concern as it involves land and so forth. That is why I want a clarification.”

State education department acting director Ibrahim Mohamad could not be contacted for comments.

--NST