The National Education System & the Classification of Educational Institutions
National schools and National Type Schools

This distinction only applies to primary schools. The difference between national schools and ‘national type’ primary schools is that latter conform to national curricula but uses either Mandarin or Tamil instead of the National Language as the medium of instruction. The distinction does not apply to secondary schools. National secondary schools all use the National Language as the medium of instruction. There are no national schools at the secondary level teaching in any of the vernacular languages.

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