Bumi student enrolment in SJKC nearly doubled in 10 years, says MOE

Chinese national-type primary schools (SJKC) have experienced a notable increase in bumiputera student enrolment, nearly doubling from 11.67 percent in 2014 to 18.52 percent this year, according to the Education Ministry.

In a written response on the Parliament website, the ministry reported that the enrolment of non-bumiputera students at SJKC decreased from 88.33 percent to 81.48 percent over the same period.

A similar trend was observed in national schools, where non-bumiputera student enrolment decreased from 6.19 percent in 2014 to 4.88 percent in 2024, while bumiputera student enrolment increased from 93.81 percent to 95.12 percent during the same period.

“For Tamil national-type primary schools, there has been an increase in the enrolment of bumiputera students from 0.38 percent in 2014 to 0.49 percent this year and non-bumiputera pupils constitute approximately 99 percent of the enrolment at SJKTs during the same period, said the ministry.

Regarding international schools, as of May 31 this year, there were a total of 88,951 students enrolled, with 67.1 percent being citizens and 32.9 percent non-citizens.

Among students who are citizens, 19.9 percent were bumiputera and 80.1 percent non-bumiputera.

The ministry also highlighted that from 2019 to 2024, there was a 34 percent increase in citizen student enrolment in international schools.

During the same period, bumiputera student enrolment increased by 49.4 percent, while non-bumiputera enrolment increased by 30.6 percent.

These statistics were provided in response to a query from Chow Yu Hui (Harapan-Raub) seeking information on student demographics across various school types.

- Bernama

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