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KUALA LUMPUR: Parents have the right to determine the type of education their children should get, say stakeholders.

PETALING JAYA: Schools implementing the Dual Language Programme (DLP) must fulfil all criteria, including students’ mastery of Bahasa Melayu (BM), says the Education Minister.

Management of DLP implementation lies with state, district education depts, Fadhlina says.

PETALING JAYA: Field visits by the Education Ministry have shown that students from Dual Language Programme (DLP) schools did not achieve a basic level of proficiency in Bahasa Melayu (BM) and their mother tongue.

KUALA LUMPUR: The need for non-Dual Language Programme (DLP) classes has to be justified as it has the potential of hurting youth in the long run, say teachers and parents.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dual Language Programme (DLP) is once again in the spotlight, following the launch of an online petition to maintain the status quo on its existing guidelines by MCA Youth on Monday (Dec 18).

They want directive to compel all schools to start one non-DLP class withdrawn.

REFERENCE is made to “Justify new conditions under DLP guidelines, MOE urged” (The Star, Nov 27), where it is reported that Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek declared in the Dewan Rakyat that, “The guidelines remained the same until today, we never changed it.

This follows report that the Education Ministry plans to tighten the rules.

PETALING JAYA: An educational lobbyist said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was spot on when he recently stressed that proficiency in the Engl...