{
  "id": 18298924,
  "title": "MoE to maintain 12 weekly language teaching periods under 2027 curriculum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/moe-to-maintain-12-weekly-language-teaching-periods-under-2027",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T11:30:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/11/1571628/moe-maintain-12-weekly-language-teaching-periods-under-2027-curriculum"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Education Ministry in Malaysia has announced it will maintain 12 weekly teaching periods for Bahasa Melayu, Chinese, and Tamil languages in national and national-type schools under the 2027 School Curriculum. This decision comes after discussions with various stakeholders on the allocation of language teaching periods. The ministry acknowledges the feedback received during these sessions and has decided to retain the 12 weekly teaching periods to prevent a reduction in language allocation. The ministry expresses its gratitude to all parties who contributed their views during the engagement sessions. Ensuring language proficiency and meeting the learning needs of pupils across all school streams remains a priority in the country's curriculum reform.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry will retain 12 weekly teaching periods for Bahasa Melayu in national schools, Chinese in national-type Chinese schools and Tamil in national-type Tamil schools under the 2027 School Curriculum.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "General : MOE Maintains 12 Weekly Teaching Periods For Malay, Chinese And Tamil Language",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/general-moe-maintains-12-weekly-teaching-periods-for-malay-chinese",
        "published": "2026-11-05T10:06:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}