KUANTAN, March 23 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak tonight
announced a RM3 million government donation for the building fund of
proposed private Sekolah Menengah Chong Hwa here.
It is an addition to the RM2 million given by the government earlier for the same purpose.
Najib said the establishment of the school was a win-win situation as
it was in line with the National Education Policy and fulfilled the
request of the Chinese community.
“Let no one have any doubt that at Sekolah Menengah Chong Hwa the
students will take two examinations – the Unified Examination
Certificate (UEC) and the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) – together.
“This means that subjects will be taught fully in Mandarin in the UEC
curriculum and the students will also study subjects under the national
curriculum,” he said at a dinner and charity show to raise funds for
the construction of the school, at the Darul Makmur Stadium, here.
The school, which was approved as a private institution on July 26 last year, is the first Chinese private school in Pahang.
On May 20 last year, a gathering was held of 163 Chinese associations
and several NGOs to ask the government to approve the establishment of
the school in Kuantan.
There are currently 60 Chinese private schools in the country, except
Pahang. Various charity activities were held in several states to raise
funds for the building of the school. – Bernama
(Source: The Malaysian Insider)
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