Language barrier to racial interaction, study reveals
The Malaysian Insider – Tue, Apr 26, 2011 
Enlarge PhotoLanguage barrier to racial interaction, study reveals
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — A significant number of secondary school dropouts with Chinese primary vernacular education have little, or zero, command of English or the national language, according to a study.
Observers say this has created a group of Chinese who only interact within their own ethnic community and points to increasing racial polarisation in multicultural Malaysia.
Education ministry studies have shown that nearly one in four Chinese students has failed to complete secondary school education and their dropout rate is virtually the same as that for Malays and other races.
In the latest survey of 159 schools nationwide last year, the National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) found that one-third of students from those schools cannot understand either English or Bahasa Malaysia (BM) when they transfer to national secondary schools.
Another one-third was found to be able to understand only a little bit of English or BM, while the remaining one-third could comprehend fully.
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