in Nanyang. My Lin Jiaquan: According to the "6-year-old school registration", there should be 12 basic mother tongue lessons per week.
Datuk Lin Jiaquan, president of the Chinese Association, believes that in line with the "registration to age 6" policy to be implemented next year, the government should continue to hold 12 basic periods of mother tongue teaching per week in all primary schools, as well as give principals the power to add more mother tongue classes so that students have more time to learn and master their mother tongue.