BATU PAHAT: Efforts are ongoing to resolve issues with the Dual Language Programme (DLP) which led to a protest in Johor, says the Deputy Education Minister
Lim Hui Ying said that discussions are currently being carried out between the state Education Department and the parents involved.
"We take note of the DLP issue in Johor and have been monitoring the situation. We will look into the matter further and come out with a win-win solution.
"The state Education Department has started discussing with the parents involved on this matter.
"We will continue having talks with them so that both parties could have their voices heard and that solution could be found," she said.
Lim said this after officiating an education exhibition at the Batu Pahat Chinese High School here on Saturday (April 8).
She said that there are 2,240 DLP schools in the country, 1,613 are primary schools and 807 secondary schools.
The Star reported on March 26 that hundreds of students from five Tamil schools in Johor were in limbo after they were told that the DLP would only be available in one class for each school starting this year.
Some parents from SJK(T) Jalan Yahya Awal in Johor staged a demonstration in protest of the DLP classes being reduced at the school.
It was also reported that some students who were in DLP classes in Primary schools are unable to continue their education under the program in secondary schools due to the lack of teachers.
