Section 4
New section 32a
of Education (Amendment) Act 2025
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 32
the following section:
“Compulsory secondary education 32a. (1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe secondary education to be compulsory education.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection 29a(2), every parent whose child is a Malaysian citizen and the child resides in
Malaysia, shall ensure that his child is enrolled as a pupil in an educational institution for secondary education and remains a pupil in an educational institution for secondary education for the duration of the secondary education.
(3)
The Minister may, if he considers it desirable and in the interest of the pupils or the public to do so, by order published in the Gazette, exempt any pupil or any class of pupils from the requirement to attend compulsory education, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose, and may at any time in his discretion revoke the exemption or revoke or alter or add to such conditions.
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(4)
A parent who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(5)
The Minister may make regulations for the carrying into effect of the provisions of this section.”.