Over 3,000 primary schools under-enrolled nationwide

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 3,017 primary schools in the country are categorised as under-enrolled, with fewer than 150 pupils each currently, says Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon.

This involves 2,034 national schools (SK), 616 vernacular Chinese schools (SJKC) and 367 vernacular Tamil schools (SJKT). There is a total of 5,877 national schools, 1,302 SJKC and 527 SJKT.