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Mar 22
No DLP place for secondary school
As I write there are parents who are struggling to get their children, who have enjoyed lessons in the Dual Language Programme (DLP)...
Mar 2
Educators must have a growth mindset
All state education departments would have briefed principals on the Dual Language Programme (DLP) by now. Either state education...
Oct 10, 2023
Boost artificial intelligence from school
In our quest to uphold the Malay language at the expense of the English language, Mandarin and even Tamil, parents gasp as we feel the...
Jul 20, 2023
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...
Jan 8, 2018
Let students switch to DLP classes
THE Education Ministry's Dual Language Programme (DLP) is far-sighted and will benefit students and the country in the long run. (Schools...
Jan 6, 2018
DLP issue shows authorities must think on their feet
I REFER to your reports “Head on with the DLP” (Jan 2) and “Dual Language stays” (Jan 5). It was indeed a dramatic change of events over...
Jan 3, 2018
Why is DLP retracted from approved DLP schools for Year 4 in 2018?
We refer to the education ministry’s press statement on Dual Language Programme (DLP) dated Jan 4. We question the rationale behind the...
Jan 3, 2018
Why exclude this year’s Year 4 pupils from DLP, asks pressure group
AN education pressure group has questioned the Education Ministry's move to exclude Year 4 primary school pupils from the Dual Language...
Dec 30, 2017
Keep politics out of our children’s education
WE refer to "Tamil school’s dual-language legal limbo" report in The Malaysian Insight on December 29, 2017. The Education Act 1996...
Dec 26, 2017
DLP is the way forward
The new academic year begins soon for primary and secondary schools. Elections are also around the corner. School-going children number...
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