Centralised system to evaluate both students and schools
SIBU: A centralised assessment examination for Year 6 pupils is not only meant to evaluate students but also schools. In stating this, Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee said through such comprehensive approach, the overall performance of schools can be accessed. “We’re not saying a school is good or […]
Sarawak welcomes positive response from MoE over own assessment system
KUCHING: The Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development (MEITD) acknowledges and welcomes the positive response from the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MoE) on MEITD’s proposal to draft its own assessment system. The assessment system is to replace the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) for Year Six students in all government schools in the state. […]
Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union welcomes UPSR-like assessment
KUCHING: The Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) fully supports Sarawak’s plan to introduce its own assessment examination for Year 6 pupils in government schools. President Zulkiflee Sebli said teachers and public have been raising their concern about the lack of standardised tools to measure the children’s performance at the primary school level since the abolishment […]
Call to expedite devolution of education autonomy for Sarawak’s own assessment examination
KUCHING: Putrajaya must expedite devolution of the education autonomy to Sarawak to allow the state to have its own Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR)-like assessment examination for Year 6 students in government schools. Datuk Jonathan Chai, president of the Association of the Boards of Management of Aided Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian said […]
MOE to give input on Sarawak’s proposal to replace UPSR
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Education (MOE) will give its input to the Sarawak government regarding the proposal to draft its own assessment system to replace the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) for Year Six students in all government schools in the state. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said this is because the proposal is in […]
No plans to reintroduce UPSR, PT3 exams
KUCHING: The Malaysian Ministry of Education (MoE) does not plan to reintroduce Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) examinations. According to a news report by Sarawak Public Communications Unit (UKAS), MoE minister Fadhlina Sidek said that the ministry is focusing on empowering School-Based Assessment (PBS). She said that the assessment involves […]
Chairman: KGBS would welcome revival of UPSR, PT3
KUCHING: The abolition of Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) examinations has left students going to school without any target. Pointing this out, Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) chairman Zulkiflee Sebli claimed that ever since the scrapping of the two national exams, there had been many complaints from both parents and […]
No U-turn on UPSR please!
KUCHING: There should not be any U-turn by the Education Ministry over its decision to abolish the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) in the national education system for Primary 6 pupils. Datuk Jonathan Chai, president of the Association of the Boards of Management of Aided Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian, said the opinions […]
Teachers’ mission to educate continues amid pandemic
By Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli PUTRAJAYA: After more than a year of twists and challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers continue to strive harder to achieve their important mission — to continue teaching and educating students. For teachers, the educating task goes on as usual, and they have to work harder than before […]
Two schools labelled excellent
MUKAH: Two primary schools in Dalat have been named excellent schools for their outstanding achievements in the national primary exam, Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) 2019. They are SK Kampung Teh which achieved a 100 percent pass with school average grade (GPS) of 3.15, and SK Kampung Klid with GPS of 2.07. The awards […]
