Mahdzir: Govt to hold talks to expedite registration of tahfiz schools


KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry will be holding talks with the Prime Minister's Department to expedite the registration of private religious schools including "madrasah" and Quran memorisation (tahfiz) schools, said Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid (pic).

He said the ministry would discuss the matter with Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom in the near future.

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