KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 10 -- DAP's Youth wing has questioned why critics continue to oppose the recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), highlighting that other foreign examinations in English are already accepted in Malaysia.

In a Facebook post, national DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) assistant publicity secretary Syaheera Ghaffar said the country recognises the Ordinary Level (O-Level) exams from Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) and Pearson Edexcel, as well as the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), which is the UK's national examination.

"Both recognised exams use English as the medium of instruction. If a major objection to UEC is that it may create integration issues due to the language u...