What the authorities say


THE Petaling Utama district education department alone receives over a thousand requests each year from parents who want to switch schools for their children.

According to officer Nor Faridah A. Bakar, most of the requests were by parents who wish to enrol their children at the cluster and high achieving schools, known as either Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan (SKK) or Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT).

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