What is the different now the STPM and matriculation ? Is this the indication that the economy is getting problem in Malaysia soon ???
Aren't these pupils are the bright sparks of the country ?
We cannot understand why the education department did not do the pilot project for the one year course before introducing it and now when the programme hit the rock, there all the excuses.
think first befor you vote next election
The Star Online > Nation
Wednesday May 3, 2006
7,500 in pilot programme
JASIN: The Education Ministry has placed about 7,500 students in a pilot programme that will take them through two years of matriculation instead of one.
“A one-year matriculation programme is a bit cramped for students,” said Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, adding that 30% of the 25,000 matriculation students would be placed in the pilot two-year programme this year.
This would help to produce better-rounded students without emphasis on examinations, he told reporters after closing the 9th inter-technical schools meet at SM Teknik Jasin here yesterday.
“Short (one year) does not mean that when you graduate earlier you will find a job quicker,” said Hishammuddin.
In his speech, he said the ministry was encouraging parents and educators not to stress too much on examinations.
TRULY ENLIGHTENING: SM Teknik Kuala Lumpur Siti Raudhah Nubli Aminuddin Baharuddin briefing Hishammuddin on a fibre optic natural light source reflector model while her schoolmates Mohd Hazwan Mohd Hamdan and Mohd Nur Wahidul Tajuddin (right) hold up the model.“We would like to have an education system which is more holistic. Therefore, we want students to take part in co-curriculum activities.
“These activities are important to develop students and we want the learning process in school to be fun,” he said.
In Petaling Jaya, a random survey found that lecturers were more interested in the content of the syllabus rather than the duration of the matriculation course.
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) lecturer Dr Carmen Ng said it was a good suggestion to stretch the programme as students would have time to learn more things.
Another Utar lecturer, Banjamin Loh, agreed that a longer matriculation programme would help students to learn more things, adding that it would also give them more time to think about the courses they are interested in.
Prof Sam Choon Kook of Universiti Malaya said a longer matriculation programme would put the students on par with STPM students.
He said it would be unfair to the Sixth Formers if the matriculation students had to study for only a year before they are eligible to enrol as university undergraduates.
?1995-2005 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D)
Aren't these pupils are the bright sparks of the country ?
We cannot understand why the education department did not do the pilot project for the one year course before introducing it and now when the programme hit the rock, there all the excuses.
think first befor you vote next election
The Star Online > Nation
Wednesday May 3, 2006
7,500 in pilot programme
JASIN: The Education Ministry has placed about 7,500 students in a pilot programme that will take them through two years of matriculation instead of one.
“A one-year matriculation programme is a bit cramped for students,” said Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, adding that 30% of the 25,000 matriculation students would be placed in the pilot two-year programme this year.
This would help to produce better-rounded students without emphasis on examinations, he told reporters after closing the 9th inter-technical schools meet at SM Teknik Jasin here yesterday.
“Short (one year) does not mean that when you graduate earlier you will find a job quicker,” said Hishammuddin.
In his speech, he said the ministry was encouraging parents and educators not to stress too much on examinations.
TRULY ENLIGHTENING: SM Teknik Kuala Lumpur Siti Raudhah Nubli Aminuddin Baharuddin briefing Hishammuddin on a fibre optic natural light source reflector model while her schoolmates Mohd Hazwan Mohd Hamdan and Mohd Nur Wahidul Tajuddin (right) hold up the model.“We would like to have an education system which is more holistic. Therefore, we want students to take part in co-curriculum activities.
“These activities are important to develop students and we want the learning process in school to be fun,” he said.
In Petaling Jaya, a random survey found that lecturers were more interested in the content of the syllabus rather than the duration of the matriculation course.
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) lecturer Dr Carmen Ng said it was a good suggestion to stretch the programme as students would have time to learn more things.
Another Utar lecturer, Banjamin Loh, agreed that a longer matriculation programme would help students to learn more things, adding that it would also give them more time to think about the courses they are interested in.
Prof Sam Choon Kook of Universiti Malaya said a longer matriculation programme would put the students on par with STPM students.
He said it would be unfair to the Sixth Formers if the matriculation students had to study for only a year before they are eligible to enrol as university undergraduates.
?1995-2005 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D)
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