...they are precious in His sight; Jesus loves the little children of the world.
This song comes to my mind as I ponder over thots on the orang asli students that I observe in a school which I am invigilating the PMR exam. Most of them are in the weaker classes. Both the Science 2 and English 2 papers; they walked out after half an hour. Today one of them is absent because she has gone fishing with her father.
Are they less smart than students of other races? I don't think so. As sunday school song goes; no matter what colour we are, God has made us equal. There is no one race or ethnic group that is superior to the other and vice versa.
In Sabah and Sarawak, there are all types of natives from a great variety of ethnic group. Some are better off than the others like the Bidayuhs. Idris Jala is a Bidayuh and there are so many ministers in our cabinet from Sabah and Sarawak who are natives too.
What makes a difference in them?
A Muslim man made this observation about the natives in Sabah and Sarawak and their level of education....he said, 'They are Christians'.
That speaks volumes. It means the mission schools have succeeded greatly in educating and thus bringing about a better lifestyle to the society around them. This is another topic that can be expounded on its own. Anyway...I am the proud product of two mission schools... the Convent and the ACS.
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