Malay rights pressure group Perkasa has urged the government to reject recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), in light of assurances by top leaders that the matter is being weighed.

Perkasa education bureau chief Abdul Raof Hussin echoed arguments that doing so went against the idea of “national unity”, and cited a number of reasons to back his claim, including what he claimed were divisive elements in the Chinese schools' curriculum.