"Our education system doesn't teach children to love the arts. From my experience, encouragement to love the arts is non-existent. "As such, the spread of arts in the country is just by coincidence.
"We need to have a system that encourages fashion design, creative writing and others that can be developed," said minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim after opening the World Textile Symposium.
He said the matter had been proposed to the Education Ministry which plans to implement it next year. Bodies such as the National Arts, Culture and Heritage Academy (Aswara) and Craft Skills Institute will seek ways and means to reactivate arts education with internal or external help.
"In China for example, there are schools of arts that teach students to compete and love the arts until they can become a source of income," he said.
Asked whether the proposal would be implemented in primary or secondary schools, he said there were many aspects that should be discussed before it is implemented.
The ministry will ask the Malaysian Handicraft Corporation to carry out research and development on fashion trends of the young and middle generation to develop the country's textile industry. It will also provide additional allocation for carrying out research on creating awareness to love national heritage among the people.
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