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Marimuthu: ‘Going to school should be enjoyable instead of being burdened with exams.’
PETALING JAYA: Scrapping the centralised Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) exam is a positive move that will make learning fun again and lead to a more holistic development in children, say educationists.
Describing it as an “unnecessary” exam that has created a lot of stress for children, teachers and parents, Universiti Malaya Faculty of Education senior lecturer and teacher-trainer Dr Zuwati Hasim said UPSR was one of the daunting “high-stake exams” that primary pupils should not have to be burdened with.
“What is more important at primary level, ” she said, “is to develop interest in learning.
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The concept of press freedom is a universal ideal that governs the rights of journalists and other people in the media to carry out their duties without fear of censorship and persecution.
While that s a good thing, it s not necessarily implemented equally throughout the world. Some have it better, some have it worse. And some just don t have it at all.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international NGO with consultative status at the United Nations, has released their 2021 World Press Freedom Index, an annual ranking of press freedom spanning 180 countries across the world.
Love and solidarity should enrich unity policy Pix for representational purpose only.
PRIME Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has launched the National Unity Policy to ensure that Malaysia remains a strong nation with unity at its core.
Muhyiddin said the policy, based on the concept of “Unity in Diversity”, outlines continuous efforts to nurture, strengthen and preserve the unity of the people.
The three main objectives of the policy are to strengthen unity and national integration based on the Federal Constitution and the Rukun Negara (National Philosophy), form a national identity with character, patriotism, the attitude of caring, tolerance, mutual respect and responsibility as well as producing Malaysians who appreciate and foster unity.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): The launch of the National Unity Policy has been deemed timely as the country is now in a transition towards a digital community.
Minister of Communications and Multimedia Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the multi-racial society of Malaysia used to live in a physical community, either in a village or residential area, with every problem being addressed easily together.
Now, he said the country is transitioning towards digital community and facing different challenges as social media is being used comprehensively to obtain all kinds of information.
“Digital community is something new and some people still don’t really understand how things work in the community. If there’s a piece of fake news, for example, it will spread 1,000 times faster in the digital community than in the physical community.