No takers for non-DLP class


Many concerns: Officials of various school boards and PTAs holding a press conference at Penang Chinese Town Hall in Pitt Street. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: There are around 400 Form One students in SMJK Chung Ling and all of them want to learn Science and Mathematics in English, according to the school.

This makes it an issue with the Education Ministry directive mandating at least one class must teach these subjects in Bahasa Malaysia (BM) for any school wanting to implement the Dual Language Programme (DLP).

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