KUALA LUMPUR: The environmental studies will be introduced in schools starting next year, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
He said the proposal by the ministry on the matter was approved at the last Cabinet meeting on April 6, before the dissolution of Parliament.
“Two of our proposals were approved and one of them was the environmental syllabus to be introduced in schools next year,” he told a press conference after delivering his keynote address at Asiawater 2018 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre here today.
Wan Junaidi said among those involved in formulating the syllabus were the Education Ministry; Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry; and agencies such as National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia.
“The new syllabus will be comprehensive as it covers forest, land, sea and air. There will also be studies on bio-safety and climate change,” he said.