Federal territories minister Hannah Yeoh said her team is drafting a proposal for free language classes, with the possibility of retired teachers being invited to teach in flexible one- to two-hour sessions. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA : The government will roll out a pilot project in Putrajaya to strengthen youths’ skills in multiple languages, says federal territories minister Hannah Yeoh. “We are responding to the prime minister’s challenge for young people to be fluent in Malay, English, Mandarin, Tamil or Arabic. Classroom learning alone is not enough,” Bernama reported her as saying after officiating Putrajaya Open Day 2026 at Dataran Putrajaya today. Yeoh said that, among other things, her team was drafting a proposal for free language classes, with the possibility of retired teachers being invited to teach in flexible one- to two-hour sessions.