TAWAU, Jan. 23 -- Sabah's Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (KPSTI) will propose that the narrative "Sabah and Sarawak joined Malaysia" in school history books be changed to Sabah and Sarawak "formed Malaysia" together with the Federation of Malaya and Singapore.

Its minister Datuk James Ratib said the proposal has been discussed with the top management of the Sabah State Education Department and would be tabled at the State Education Exco Committee Meeting (MEJPN) in Putrajaya this April.

For decades, the explanation was that Sabah and Sarawak "joined" Malaysia when there was no Malaysia to join, and only Malaya existed before 1963, when the merger happened involving Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (...