Time for high-level committee to audit role of sports schools


WHEN our strategic thinkers in Malaysian sports felt schools were no longer the main breeding ground of champions, the idea of establishing sports schools was mooted to ensure the conveyor belt keeps on running smoothly outside the existing system.

Since its inauguration in January 1996, the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) has helped to produce 59 Olympians.

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