Pak Lah: English is important, but ...

comments     Adrian Wong     Published     Updated

While English is an internationally-accepted language and has great importance in the world, opportunities for education should be given equally to all Malaysians, former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today.

Abdullah said this in response to Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ismail, who mooted for the government to impose a single stream education system, with English used as the medium of instruction.

For the rest of this story and more, subscribe for only RM150 a year. If you're already a subscriber, please sign in.

Sign in Subscribe now


Malaysiakini
news and views that matter


Sign In