Updated 4.17pm, 28 May 2009 NILAI, 28 May 2009:  Starting next year, students sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination will only be allowed to take a maximum of 10 subjects, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. In line with the decision, there would also be changes in the grading system, Muhyiddin, [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 May 2009: Quest for knowledge or a race to obtain more straight As? This question of insatiable SPM students trying to outdo each other in breaking the annual record of becoming the one who obtains the most straight As has the Education Ministry cracking its head for an answer. Deputy Education Minister [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 May 2009: Federation of National Writers Associations of Malaysia (Gapena), will submit a nine-point memorandum to Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to express support to the “1Malaysia” concept and state its position on the policy of teaching Mathematics and Science in English. Gapena chief I Tan Sri Prof Emeritus Ismail Hussein said Gapena [...]

KLANG, 26 May 2009: The shortage of male teachers is one of the biggest challenges faced by the Education Ministry, said its deputy minister, Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi. At present female trainees make up three-quarter of the yearly intake. “However, most of the teachers posted to the rural areas are male. As such we need [...]

ACCORDING to Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, only children with birth certificates are entitled to subsidised education, while those without birth certificates are treated as foreigners, and as such, have to pay much higher school fees. While the reality of the situation dictates that children without birth certificates are not Malaysian, an interim solution [...]

PUTRAJAYA, 13 May 2009: The Road Safety Department and the Education Ministry have agreed in principle to introduce a special rural school bus service to curtail the use of motorcycles by students. The department’s director-general, Datuk Suret Singh, said the mechanics of introducing such a service were now being studied and a decision was expected [...]