| ✗ | Homeschooling is a legal form of schooling |
| ✗ | It requires no prior authorisation |
| ✗ | It can be curriculum-free |
According to the Education Act of 1996 (Act 550),
Compulsory primary education
29A. (1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe primary education to be compulsory education.
(2) Every parent who is a Malaysian citizen residing in Malaysia shall ensure that if his child has attained the age of six years on the first day of January of the current school year that child is enrolled as a pupil in a primary school in that year and remains a pupil in a primary school for the duration of the compulsory education.