All schools are not created equal

I call "bullshit" on this item.

"Education director-general Datuk Ahmad Sipon said all schools had the same facilities and the ministry had worked to ensure they all had good teachers. Therefore, every school was a good school, he said."

via NST.

Have you seen the quality of some schools in elite areas such as Sri Hartamas, Bukit Damansara and Taman Tun Dr Ismail? They are freakin' amazing. My alma mater in Bukit Damansara has a state of the art running track, a meticulously cared for lawn, and an air-conditioned hall. The PTA there is swimming in money (all the rich datuks and tan sris) and the teachers must be pretty good too, because UPSR results every year are definitely way above average.

Schools are not all the same. Datuk Ahmad is lying or terribly misinformed.