Education Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part IV · National Education System
19. Medium of instruction
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Malay language shall be the main medium of instruction in all educational institutions.
The English language may also be used as the medium of instruction, together with the Malay language, in all educational institutions.
The Arabic language may be used as a medium of instruction in
Arabic or other schools but in these schools the Malay language and the
English language must be taught as compulsory subjects.
The Minister may exempt an educational institution from using either the Malay language or the English language as a medium of instruction in appropriate cases.
Education
Terms defined in s 2
educational institution
Defined · s 2“educational institution” means a school or any other place where, in the carrying on of the work of the organisation or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a pre-school class, a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include any place declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act;
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