Dr M: Decision to recognise UEC is the government’s alone

PETALING JAYA (Bernama): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad reiterated that the decision to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) can only be made by the government.

The Prime Minister said the decision taken by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board to recognise the UEC was only their own opinion.

“If we want to recognise (it), it is the government that must recognise,” he told reporters after chairing the Bersatu supreme council meeting here Wednesday night (April 3). Dr Mahathir is also the party’s chairman.

The board’s chairman Tommy Thomas, who is also Attorney General, had recently issued a statement saying that the UEC qualification at the Senior Middle 3 level could be accepted as meeting the STPM examination requirement to sit for the Certificate in Legal Practice Examination from 2021.

The UEC is a standardised test for Chinese independent high schools in the country.

Source : TheStar