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Accountability during Covid-19 times

Schools have finally physically opened for the new academic year but it has started only with those sitting for examinations. That means,...

Comprehensive planning and enforcement for school reopening needed

The 2021 school session is due to start on Jan 21 next year. The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia...

Are we teaching or punishing our students?

Examination-centric education kills creativity. It produces passive students and diminishes their skills. In fact, low skill development...

Is IGCSE an affordable and worthy alternative to SPM?

Malaysians value education highly. Parents will go out of their way to ensure that their children have better prospects in life. All...

Rethinking SPM English must-pass

We are now in the middle of Wave 2 (2016-2020), “Introducing structural change”, of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 (MEB). As...

An eventful year for education

TODAY is the last day of 2017. While this is the time to make New Year resolutions, it is also the time to reflect on happenings that...

Would You Confuse 'Another Part Of Malaysia' For Another Country? Here’s What Experts Have T

My father once told me, “Life is made up of countless small moments you won’t remember, and a few life-defining moments you will remember...

The national language pulse check

The recent fuss about making it mandatory for potential civil servants to pass SPM Bahasa Melayu (BM), including housemen, who by right...

Lower Number Of Straight As For SPM 2016, We Ask Experts If The New HOTS System Works

After the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results came out recently, everyone was talking about the impact of Higher Order Thinking Skill...

The highs of international benchmarking

Last month, I attended a talk on pursuing further education in Germany post-Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM). The talk was given by a...