KUALA LANGAT: The Education Ministry is committed to acknowledging the existence of vernacular schools and supporting them, says its Minister Fadhlina Sidek .
Fadhlina was responding to Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh’s call for a reassessment of the vernacular education system amid growing concerns over the lack of cohesion among the population.Meanwhile, pupils in states under Group B returned to class for the new school year on Monday. Fadhlina said 3.6 million students from pre-school to Form Five started their school session today, including 927,528 in Selangor; while about 1.4 million in Group A started on Sunday .
Group A comprises Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, while the states in Group B are Selangor, Melaka, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak and the three Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.