Ministry: More other races joining Chinese and Tamil schools

Source: The Star
  19 January 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: More and more non-Chinese pupils have enrolled in Chinese schools over the past few years, as observed by the Education Ministry.

Deputy minister P. Kamalana­than said the number of non-Chinese pupils in Chinese schools has increased and there were also some non-Tamil pupils enrolled in Tamil schools.

“We do not have the specific data on this year’s enrollment yet because this is the first week, but we hope to have better information next week once things have settled down.

“It is, however, very progressive and the ministry is absolutely fine with it. What is important is that they go to school,” he said.

For example, he said, there were Malay pupils who had enrolled in Tamil schools in his own constituency.

He said the shift in enrolment was helping to open up the vernacular schools to all Malaysians instead of being focused on just one race.

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