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Dual language programme the preferred choice of parents

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On congregational prayers at national schools

In recent days, there has been some confusion on comments made by the Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) regarding the...

Piloting English-medium schools

WE refer to the reports “Bring back English-medium schools” (The Star, Nov 20), “It’s about time, says group” and “Abdul Rahman all for...

The perennial dilemma of language and losing our culture

When PPSMI (the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English) was introduced in 2003, so much money was spent to prepare teachers to...

Establish RCI on Tahfiz boy's death

PAGE urges the government to form a Royal Commission of Inquiry or an independent task force in light of the death of Mohd Thaqif Amin...