00:00As many as 75,144 Chinese students are enrolled in Chinese independent high schools this year,
00:08making up 19.4% of Chinese secondary school students nationwide.
00:13In a written reply to Parliament, Education Minister Fadli Nasidek said
00:17260,699 Chinese students, or 67.3%, attend secondary schools run by the Education Ministry.
00:27Another 51,563, or 13.3%, are in private institutions.
00:35The Minister was responding to a question from Pokok Sena MP Ahmad Yahya regarding
00:41enrolment in the Unified Examination Certificate System.
00:45Last month, Dong Zhong, the United Chinese School Committee's Association,
00:50reported that student numbers in Chinese independent schools had dropped below 80,000
00:55after peaking at about 81,000.
00:58The Association's Chairman, Tanyu Singh, warned that some schools could face recruitment challenges
01:03and may have to close if the downward trend continues.
01:08He urged schools to admit more non-Chinese students, recruit international students,
01:13and improve education quality to counter declining enrolment linked to falling birth rates.
01:19Introduced in 1975, the UEC is equivalent to Malaysia's SDPM and the International A Levels qualifications.
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