I'm happy to send mine to national schools


Now that international schools are open to Malaysians, some parents will be switching their children from the national to foreign stream. Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein will not be one of them and shares with KAREN CHAPMAN how his children have flourished under the Malaysian school system

HIS ELDEST child Nasha Alyssa was educated in national schools and obtained straight As in all her public examinations. But she is no mere bookworm. 

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