Court: It’s protected by Constitution

PUTRAJAYA: The use of Chinese or Tamil in national-type schools as a medium of instruction is protected by Article 152 of the Federal Constitution, and the government can “preserve and sustain” the use and study of these languages, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

National-type schools or vernacular schools are not public authorities, so the use of Tamil or Chinese in the schools as a medium of instruction is not prohibited or contrary to the Constitution, it said.