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Bumiputra student enrolment in Chinese schools has increased by 58.5% over the last decade, while Bumi student enrolment in international schools has surged by nearly 50% in the past 5 years. This trend has meant that Malaysian students now comprise two-thirds of the international school student population. Why do parents seem to be opting out of national schools, and what are the broader implications of this shift? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Shahnaz Al-Sadat, Chairperson and Co-Founder of the educational social enterprise, LeapEd Services.

Bumiputra student enrolment in Chinese schools has increased by 58.5% over the last decade, while Bumi student enrolment in international schools has surged by nearly 50% in the past 5 years. This trend has meant that Malaysian students now comprise two-thirds of the international school student population. Why do parents seem to be opting out of national schools, and what are the broader implications of this shift? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to UCSI University’s Professor Dr Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi, formerly a Member of the Committee for Unity at the Ministry of Unity, under the first Pakatan Harapan administration.

Bumiputra student enrolment in Chinese schools has increased by 58.5% over the last decade, while Bumi student enrolment in international schools has surged by nearly 50% in the past 5 years. This trend has meant that Malaysian students now comprise two-thirds of the international school student population. Why do parents seem to be opting out of national schools, and what are the broader implications of this shift? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Kua Kia Soong, former Principal of the New Era College, which was founded by the Malaysian Chinese education movement.

The government has announced that all national schools across the country will begin to reopen from July 15.

In a press conference today, Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said, Forms 1 to 4, remove classes, as well as Standard 5 and 6 can resume from July 15.

However, Standards 1 to 4 would only resume on July 22.

The minister also announced that the government had identified three models for schools to operate based on its differing abilities to adhere to the SOPs on social distancing.

The three models are for single-session schools, two-session schools, and alternating school sessions

The allocation encompasses national schools, national-type Chinese schools, national-type Tamil schools and missionary schools, among others.

The Actors Studio's founders, Faridah Merican and Joe Hasham aspire to make the ever-so-elusive Performing Arts a syllabus in national schools in Malaysia.

The Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) said it would be wiser to enable teaching in English for Sciences and Mathematics in all national schools.

National schools should have good teachers and facilities to entice non-Malay students, said government's social and cultural affairs adviser Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim.

Bahasa Melayu is to be taught for 240 minutes weekly, up from the current 180 minutes, in national type Chinese and Tamil schools.

Tun Dr Mahathir said more people would enroll into national schools if English language is made compulsory in the teaching of Science and Maths.