To ensure that their students are able to get into Malaysian universities, many independent secondary schools have adopted a dual track system, preparing their students simultaneously to take the government test. In addition to coursework in Chinese, therefore, the students also have to study everything over again in Malay textbooks. Their homework load is thus practically double that of students in regular secondary schools.
不少獨中為使學生能在大馬當地升大學，都採取雙軌制，同時參加政府會考，因此學生在華文課之外必須再唸一次國語（馬來文）版本，課業幾乎是國民中學的二倍。