 The language of instruction in these schools is Mandarin Chinese using simplified Chinese characters.There are 61 Chinese independent high schools in the country, including 23 from East Malaysia, and they represent a small number of the high schools in Malaysia.The United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia (UCSCAM, the association of Chinese school teachers and trustees, ), also known as the Dong Jiao Zong (), coordinates the curriculum used in the schools and organises the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) standardised test.