Kuala Lampur, May 13 -- The education debate in Malaysia often circles around familiar concerns like artificial intelligence, employability, STEM readiness, digital literacy, rankings, and curriculum reform. Yet, beneath all these discussions lies a deeper crisis that remains largely unaddressed: our inability to navigate difference.

Schools and universities today are not merely spaces of academic instruction. They are collision points between generations, cultures, identities, technologies, values, and worldviews. A lecturer from Generation X may struggle to understand the communication patterns of Gen Z students. Administrators raised in rigid hierarchical systems may find younger educators questioning authority structures they once co...