The Malaysian Employers Federation had lobbied strongly for English to be retained as the medium of instruction.
With no well-defined language as a medium of instruction policy, we have a fractured system that divides society.
English became the language of government and the medium of instruction in schools.
It is left to public-sector schools, patronised by the children of the poor, to adopt indigenous languages as the medium of instruction – rather apologetically.
"It's choosing English as a medium of instruction so we Rwandans of today, and more importantly of tomorrow, will be able to benefit.
All universities in Hong Kong use English as the primary medium of instruction, and English is an official language in the territory, alongside Cantonese.
Swahili is also used as the medium of instruction in the first seven years of primary education.
English is the medium of instruction at higher levels of education and is widely used in government offices.
"In state schools in the Gulf the medium of instruction is Arabic, but the teaching is often not very good.
It is the medium of instruction in universities, and it is used in scientific, philosophical, and legal writings and debates.
