Teaching in the Vernacular
By Andrea Filmer
August 2018 FEATURE
Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools are essential parts of the vibrant fabric that is the Malaysian education system.Teachers and school heads are appointed by the Education Ministry, and to some extent, these schools receive periodic grants to help with the running of a school. All other expenses fall on the schools themselves and boards of governors are appointed to aid and oversee their management.While mission schools largely sit on land owned by their respective Christian orders and churches or hold...
Andrea Filmer
is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.
