Private Schooling Getting Popular
By Jonathan Yong Tienxhi
January 2016 FEATURE
With a system that empowers students, more and more Malaysians are putting their children in international schools.International schools are educational institutions that use international curricula such as the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). These schools normally employ English as the language of instruction, and have traditionally catered to expatriates living in Malaysia.When the 40% cap on the number of local students allowed to enrol was lifted in 2012, the gates were opened for Malaysians to send their children...
Jonathan Yong Tienxhi
spent two years teaching in a Malaysian public school as part of the Teach for Malaysia Fellowship, and is interested in the sociology of education and inequality. He graduated from the University of Reading with an LLB Law Degree.
