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BERNAMA
NILAI, Mon.:
The Chinese still need Chinese national-type schools (SJKC) to enable their children to learn their mother tongue and culture.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said cultural aspects such as moral values, Chinese philosophy and traditions are taught at these schools.
“These are basic educational needs of Chinese children before they move on to the secondary level. That is why parents still send their children to the SJKC for the first six years of schooling,” he said after the ground-breaking ceremony for the new buildings of SJKC Ladang Bukit Kledek, Bandar Baru Nilai (BBN) here today.
SJKC Ladang Bukit Kledek was earlier located in Tampin but was moved to BBN due to inadequate students at the old school.
The RM8 million school when completed will comprise two blocks of double-storey buildings for classrooms, an administrative block, a hall and canteen.
