But in 1965, the government implemented nine-year mandatory education, and Chinese primary school students could automatically graduate to national secondary schools. The independent schools then faced a severe shortage of students, bringing some of them near to closure.
不料，1965 年大馬政府實施九年義務教育，華小學生可直接升入中學，「獨中」面臨學生嚴重短缺的困境，有的甚至瀕臨關閉。