00:00The rising number of Ibu Jawa parents enrolling their children in international schools
00:07suggests that the community is losing trust in the quality of national schools, an academic said.
00:12Anwar Ahmad of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia said these parents view international schools
00:17as having better facilities and quality of education which will help boost their
00:21children's prospects. The syllabus of these schools which are from the UK,
00:25Australia, Canada or the US is another selling point as parents see it as an opportunity which
00:30could help their children further their studies overseas. However Anwar said this trend is
00:35concerning as the children who attend international schools may not develop a holistic understanding
00:40of the Malay culture and language. To regain public confidence he said the education ministry
00:45must urgently improve the quality of education and the curriculum and the facilities in national
00:51He was commenting on Education Minister Fatlina Siddiq's revelation that Bumi Putra
00:55enrolment in international schools went up by 49.4% while non-Bumi Putra enrolment
01:00went up by 30.6% from 2019 to 2024.
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