July 24, 2018
Sekinchan-born Datuk Pua Khein Seng is world-famous for inventing the pen drive. Educated in a Chinese independent school in Selangor, he completed his secondary education and qualified with a Unified Examination Certificate (UEC). The path he chose enabled him to purs...
December 31, 2017
PETALING JAYA: Everyone is saying goodbye to 2017. Some have had a good year, some not so.
While individually people are praying for a better 2018, many Malaysians are wondering what the New Year will bring especially with the much-anticipated 14th general election (GE1...
December 31, 2017
Educational civil societies and youth in the Klang Valley have expressed their hopes for 2018, with many calling for a revamp of the national education syllabus and more emphasis on the English language in public schools.
Razlan Rizal, a 25-year-old postgraduate student...
November 23, 2017
PETALING JAYA: National Union of Head of Schools president Wong Shee Fatt believed that focusing on what is already in place, such as the Dual Language Programme (DLP), is better than bringing back English-medium schools, for the purpose of enhancing English proficienc...
November 23, 2017
More open and calm discussions must be held first before reintroducing English-medium government schools, says Datuk Chong Sin Woon.
The Deputy Education Minister pointed out that parents who sought English-medium schools wanted the standard improved.
However, the Govern...
November 22, 2017
PETALING JAYA, Nov 22 — Education groups responded with a resounding “yes” to a Cabinet minister’s suggestion to reintroduce English-medium schools.
Responding to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan, who said Putrajaya needed suppo...
November 22, 2017
WE refer to the reports “Bring back English-medium schools” (The Star, Nov 20), “It’s about time, says group” and “Abdul Rahman all for English schools, but wants more feedback” (Nov 21). The people of Johor have finally spoken up in support of their Sultan and Raja Pe...
November 21, 2017
JOHOR BARU: Reintroducing English-medium government schools is a bold and timely move to stop the declining standard of English, said the Johor English Language Teaching Association (Jelta).
“It takes a lot of courage to move in this direction. Something urgent has to b...
November 20, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan (pic) has given his support to the re-introduction of English-medium schools in the country.
He however added that it was important to get feedback from all sectors in order fo...
