Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan was quoted as saying that the education ministry is aware of the error in those textbooks and is working to rectify it. ― File pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 ― The Education Ministry has reportedly said that it will recall Standard Six history textbooks that included a map that placed the southern state of Malacca in the northern region of the peninsula.

Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan was quoted by The Star Online as saying that they were aware of the error in those textbooks and are working to rectify it.

“The affected books are meant for Year Six pupils studying History in national schools in 2016. The History books for the Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools are not affected,” he said in the report.

“These will be returned to the ministry,” Kamalanathan said of the textbooks, which have been distributed to some schools.

Social media circulated pictures of the error found on a page titled “States that form Malaysia”, which placed Malacca above Terengganu instead of its actual geographical location below Negri Sembilan.