Uncertain future for DLP


THE Education Minister needs to be reminded of the importance of the optional Dual Language Programme (DLP), and how and why it was conceived. Ministers and directors-general come and go, but parents are here to stay.

It was in early 2015 that the Economic Council, chaired by the sitting prime minister, demanded a radical approach towards enhancing English proficiency after seeing the damaging effects of poor command of the language on the youth’s chances for employment.

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