SJKC reality: Is a transfer to a national school a solution?


The number of non-Chinese pupils accounts for 98% of the population in SJKC Panching. — 2023 Filepic/Sin Chew Daily/MIA

FOR the 2024/2025 academic year, SJKC Panching in Kuantan has 54 pupils.

However, out of that total number of pupils, the Chinese primary school only has one Chinese pupil – the others are 44 Malays (81.48%), eight Orang Asli (14.81%), and one Indian.

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