Malaysia – According to Senior Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin, the Education Ministry would stop utilizing the Form 3 Assessment (PT3) this year. To replace formal testing, Radzi said his government would implement more school- and class-based evaluations. The Covid-19 outbreak, which compelled schools to shut and lessons to move online, wreaked havoc on national exams, including the PT3. “PMR (Penilaian …

Malaysia – The National Book Council of Malaysia (MBKM) stated that a new online portal for selling books is neither meant to be a monopoly, nor does it imply that the government-linked council is entering the corporate world. MBKM clarified that it was not receiving a 20% commission from Bukuku.my, a new digital book-selling platform, and that the 20% rate …

Malaysia – This morning, the Ministry of Education informed the Dewan Rakyat that it is developing a four-tiered structure to combat bullying in schools. Datuk Mohd Radzi Jidin, the school’s minister, said that the proposed internal system would enable children and parents to make complaints directly while preserving the complainants’ names, but stopped short of clarifying how it would differ …

The Education Ministry still has not given out decision whether or not the schools will continue to open despite announcing for the MCO to be implemented in six districts of Selangor. The PH MPs which includes the former education minister Maszlee Malik, PKR MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, DAP’s former deputy education minister Teo Nie Ching, and Amanah MP Hasan …

Opposition MPs from seven political parties called for Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin and his two deputy ministers to step down from their posts due to vague directives on how schools should operate amidst the pandemic. The education committee of Pakatan Harapan and other Opposition parties have issued a joint statement highlighting the 150,000 laptops that were promised to be …

As a new directive by the Education Ministry, a two-day period closure of schools where even one case of Covid-19 has been confirmed will be implemented. This directive will be enforced starting April 21 according to Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mah Hang Soon. During the two-day shutdown of the schools with positive cases, Mah said that the whole premise will …