Prijono

The Malaysian and Indonesian government agreed to implement the MELINDO orthography, but the project fell into oblivion as relations between the two countries became increasingly hostile.

His appointment was met with opposition from anti-Communist sectors, who claimed that he was linked to the Communist Party of Indonesia.

[7] And whilst Prijono promoted secularism in the primary and secondary education system, Sjarif Thajeb introduced compulsory classes on religion in the universities.

Thus the wider political confrontation between the army and the Communist Party was reproduced within the walls of the Ministry of Education.

[1] On March 16, 1966 Prijono was kidnapped by activists of the Islamic students movement KAPPI and Laskar militia.