The case for English-medium schools


Datuk Seri Azman Ujang

PETALING JAYA: English-medium schools should be re-introduced to help address the declining proficiency in the country’s second language, an academic said.

Mahsa University pro-chancellor Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican and former Bernama editor-in-chief Datuk Seri Azman Ujang supported the move, saying it was an option the Go­­vernment should consider.

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