Semua pelajar, tanpa mengira aliran sekolah, mesti memenuhi syarat asas, iaitu lulus Bahasa Melayu dan Sejarah pada peringkat Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has said that it was alarming that 90,000 SPM candidates have failed mathematics, while another 52,000 did not pass their English examinations.
Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat laments misinterpretations of faith that distort justice in high-profile rulings, cites Indira Gandhi and Nik Elin Zurina cases