Teo (fourth from right) launching the MABBIM meet and unveiling the language body’s latest resource books.
THE Education Ministry wants to widen the use of Bahasa Melayu (BM) not only within the country, but internationally.
Measures to promote it include requiring that students get at least a credit in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), organising the National Language Decade campaign, and working with non-governmental organisations to help improve the mastery of BM especially in vernacular schools.
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