national school

English

Etymology

Calque of Malay sekolah kebangsaan.

Noun

national school (plural national schools)

1. (Malaysia, education) A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.

   Antonyms: national-type school, vernacular school

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

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

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

     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.

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

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

Related terms

• national secondary school