I am amazed with Malaysian's thinking that english is still the medium of instruction in our schools today.

In 1980 we abolish the British's MCE (Medium Cert of Education) to replace it with SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia). A Malaysian who is 47 or younger never went to "English" class. It more than half a centuary the schools hand gone malay and we are still talking about "english class".

So, your are worried about the difficulties of learning chinese. I think he will have the same problem with learning malay. Perhaps, you are thinking of putting him in an international school.

Dreamer,
There are some schools with teachers who are not flexible enough to change and teach in BM. Yet there are a good portion that had adapted and taught in BM.

My point is there is no longer "english school" and had never been for the past 50 years. The only "english schools" are private.

The trend is SRJK ( C ) these days. Even "banana" parents are sending their children to SRJK ( C ). The reason is better learn chinese than BM. If you go to a SRJK ( C ) with good english teachers that is a bonus.