KOTA KINABALU, Sept 16 – The Ministry of Education (MoE) sees positively the matter raised by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi regarding the national education policy that does not conduct examinations for Year 6 and Form 3, which needs to be revamped.
Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said since the desired matter is aimed at improving national education, the MoE will probably bring the issue to the Cabinet to be discussed and decided.
She said in improving the national education system, the MoE announced the national education reform agenda including the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); glorifying Malay and English and expanding preschool.
“We are also looking at preparations in terms of the new education development plan because the existing education development plan ends in 2025 as well as the implementation of the new curriculum that will take effect in 2027, so I think improvement and education reform is underway,” she said after a working visit to the Kota Kinabalu Integrity School on Monday.
Yesterday, Ahmad Zahid raised the matter because he found that about 10,177 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) candidates had dropped out last year, due to problems in reading, writing and arithmetics (3M).
