Education, Promotion and Publicity EDUCATION AND TRAINING OVERVIEW The ultimate purpose of human rights education is to empower the people with human rights knowledge so as to ensure the protection, respect and fulfilment of human rights of every individual. Recognising the importance of human rights education, the Human Right Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) through its Education and Training Division conducted several human rights education and training programmes. SUHAKAM collaborated with local and international organisations such as the Judicial and Legal Training Institute (ILKAP), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) to organise programmes during the year. SUHAKAM also expanded its target group to include the Immigration Department, National Anti-Drug Agency, parliamentarians and private entities. In 2018, University Utara Malaysia, established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SUHAKAM to undertake several joint programmes pertaining to human rights and education. To further realise SUHAKAM’S vision for human rights education to be taught in schools by 2020, SUHAKAM organised several strategic meetings with key actors in education. SUHAKAM met with Education Minister YB Dr. Maszlee Malik on 11 December, Deputy Minister of Education YB Teo Nie Ching on 22 October and Director General of Education Datuk Dr. Amin Senin on 25 June. SUHAKAM briefed them on SUHAKAM’S Human Rights Best Practices in School Programme (ATHAM) and