national school

plural national schools

1. MalaysiaeducationA type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.

   My immediate inclination was to send her to the nearby Sekolah Kebangsaan - or National School.

   2016 November 25, Dharm Navaratnam, “Thank you to everyone in the SK Seri Hartamas community”, in Malaysiakini

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   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.

   2020 April 27, Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, “Urgent task of new National Unity Ministry”, in New Straits Times

   Teo Nie Ching said remove classes were meant to aid students who were not fluent in Malay, which is the medium at national schools.

   2022 March 29, Jananey Ramachandran, “Ex-deputy minister, educationist explain need for remove classes”, in Free Malaysia Today

   Antonyms: national-type school, vernacular school