Within two years the boards of directors of schools countrywide had established a United Chinese School Committees 'Association of Malaysia (UCSCAM). The two worked together, marking the start of a 50-year struggle for the right to Chinese-language education.
二年多後，各華校董事會又成立聯合總會（簡稱「董總」），二個單位並肩作戰，從此揭開了五十多年爭取華教權益的序幕。