Mandate secondary schooling

Ready to roll: Students queueing to enter SMJK Katholik in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, in this file photo.

KUALA LUMPUR: To create nationwide access to education, amendments to the Education Act to make secondary schooling compulsory have been brought to Parliament.

The Education (Amendment) Bill 2025 was presented for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat ­yesterday by Deputy Education Min­ister Wong Kah Woh, who said the second and third ­readings are expected to be completed during the current session.