Discipline, standards drawing non-Chinese students to Chinese schools, says academic

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Teo Kok Seong says it also highlights a growing concern about the quality and direction of national schools.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/20/discipline-standards-drawing-non-chinese-students-to-chinese-schools-says-academic/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/20/disiplin-standard-tinggi-dorong-pelajar-ke-sekolah-cina-kata-ahli-akademik/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ChineseSchools #QualityEducation

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00:00An academic said the perception that Chinese schools maintain stricter discipline and higher

00:06educational standards has led to an increase in the enrollment of non-Chinese students.

00:12Theo Kok-Siong said parents are of the view that Chinese-type schools offer better quality

00:16education due to their strict school principles and high academic standards.

00:22He also noted a growing concern about the quality and direction of national schools,

00:27which he said are increasingly being seen as Islamic rather than national institutions.

00:33Theo was commenting after a Chinese school in Araw Perlis raised eyebrows with an all-non-Chinese

00:38student enrollment for year one this year.

00:42Former MP Taufiq Ismail said Malaysia needed to improve its national schools, which have

00:47been declining since the early 1970s when the medium of teaching was changed from English

00:52to Malay.

00:53He said Malaysia's education system was once highly regarded, with institutions such as

00:57the Royal Military College and Victoria Institution offering world-class education.

01:04Danny Sraja-Reza, FMT News.

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