Schools expected to help combat radicalism

Jakarta, <strong><em>NU Online</em></strong><br /> Indonesia&rsquo;s education minister has urged all teachers to engage their students in discussion to combat the rise in radicalism in schools and campuses.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;They should engage the students in academic and intellectual discussions about what the form of our country is,&rdquo; Muhammad Nuh said. &ldquo;Radicalism is a strong thought and it should be confronted with academic thoughts.&rdquo;<b<>r /> <br /> Nuh the ministry was currently in the process of reviewing school curriculum to help combat radicalism, which a number of analysts believe is growing in Indonesia.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;We are still reviewing the curriculum now and we are going to make the students love their country even more than before,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We need to teach them more about tolerance, giving, sharing, and the most important thing is to know more about their country.&rdquo; (dar)

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