Education Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Jul 2020 · Chapter 7 · Technical Education and Polytechnics
Section 35
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Minister may provide technical and vocational education and training in—
any national secondary school described in section 30; or
national secondary school
“national secondary school” means a government or government-aided secondary school— (a) providing a five-year course of secondary education appropriate for pupils who have just completed primary education; Education 21 (b) using the national language as the main medium of instruction; (c) in which the English language is a compulsory subject of instruction; (d) in which facilities for the teaching of— (i) the Chinese or Tamil language shall be made available if the parents of at least fifteen pupils in the school so request; (ii) indigenous languages shall be made available if it is reasonable and practicable so to do and if the parents of at least fifteen pupils in the school so request; and (iii) Arabic, Japanese, German or French or any other foreign language may be made available if it is reasonable and practicable so to do; and (e) preparing pupils for such examinations as may be prescribed, and includes any such school providing a transition class;
other educational institutions described in paragraph 34(1)(a) or (1)(c).
For the purpose of subsection (1), technical and vocational education and training includes the provision of—
skill training;
specialized training related to a specific job;
training for the upgrading of existing skills; and
such other technical or vocational training as may be approved by the Minister.
Terms defined in s 2
national secondary school
Defined · s 2“national secondary school” means a government or government-aided secondary school— (a) providing a five-year course of secondary education appropriate for pupils who have just completed primary education; Education 21 (b) using the national language as the main medium of instruction; (c) in which the English language is a compulsory subject of instruction; (d) in which facilities for the teaching of— (i) the Chinese or Tamil language shall be made available if the parents of at least fifteen pupils in the school so request; (ii) indigenous languages shall be made available if it is reasonable and practicable so to do and if the parents of at least fifteen pupils in the school so request; and (iii) Arabic, Japanese, German or French or any other foreign language may be made available if it is reasonable and practicable so to do; and (e) preparing pupils for such examinations as may be prescribed, and includes any such school providing a transition class;
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