KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 14 -- The youth wing of the DAP has thrown its full support behind the push to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), arguing that it is not only a Pakatan Harapan manifesto pledge but is also a right grounded in the Federal Constitution's protection of multi-stream education.

In a statement, the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) urged all parties, including its partners in the unity government, to engage in a fact-based debate and stop spreading "inaccurate information" that pits the UEC against the national language.

DAPSY clarified that "recognition" does not mean turning Chinese independent schools into government schools.

Instead, it said it is about acknowledging the UEC as an academic qualification wit...