KualaLumpur (VNA) – Non-citizen children in Malaysia, whose citizenshipapplication has yet to be approved, are allowed to enrol in schools, reportedThe Star newspaper on January 18.
Thenewspaper quoted Malaysian Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid as saying that thosechildren could attend school if at least one parent is a Malaysian citizen. Parentsand legal guardians are given a period of two years to complete the documents.
However,if the citizenship is not obtained within the stipulated time, the EducationMinistry will still allow the child to continue schooling, he added.
Thereare many stateless children in Malaysia, who have at least one foreign parentwithout legal marriage documents or who were born in Malaysia but parents donot hold the Malaysian citizenship.-VNA