national school
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Malay sekolah kebangsaan.
Noun
[edit]national school (plural national schools)
- (Malaysia, education) A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.
- Antonyms: national-type school, vernacular school
- 2016 November 25, Dharm Navaratnam, “Thank you to everyone in the SK Seri Hartamas community”, in Malaysiakini:
- My immediate inclination was to send her to the nearby Sekolah Kebangsaan - or National School.
- 2020 April 27, Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, “Urgent task of new National Unity Ministry”, in New Straits Times:
- So, physically place a national school next to vernacular schools, join them by physical link-ways, and then they share a common playing field – unity is expected to be generated over time.
- 2022 March 29, Jananey Ramachandran, “Ex-deputy minister, educationist explain need for remove classes”, in Free Malaysia Today:
- Teo Nie Ching said remove classes were meant to aid students who were not fluent in Malay, which is the medium at national schools.