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Maszlee assures enough varsity seats for STPM holders
KUALA LUMPUR: Education Minister Maszlee Malik today assured that the additional 15,000 seats for the ministry’s matriculation programme will not affect the intake of the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) holders to the first-degree programmes at public universities. He said
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Wan Azizah: No need to close schools in Pasir Gudang
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said there is no need for schools in Pasir Gudang to be closed for the time being. She said checks by the Department of Environment (DOE) at 72
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Maszlee: PPD investigating case of female student beaten by teacher
PUCHONG: The Johor Bahru district education department (PPD) has commenced investigation into the case where a female student was caned by a teacher for allegedly calling the latter ‘ah qua lao shi’ (effeminate teacher) for no reason. In a statement,
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‘High time to teach other religions in schools’
PUCHONG: Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) today backed calls by the Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) for other religions apart from Islam to be taught in schools. MCCBCHST president Datuk RS Mogan Shan said that
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‘Not appropriate to teach other religions than Islam in primary schools’
PUCHONG: Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim) rejected Malaysian Youth Council’s (MBM) proposal to teach primary school students other religions than Islam. Its president, Nik Omar Nik Aziz said that such proposal should be scrutinised and studied from all angles if
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Matriculation woes for Indian students to be resolved soon
PUCHONG: The problems faced by Indian students who have been denied a chance for the matriculation has cropped up once more. Many parents and students have vented out their frustrations on social media over their failure in getting placements for
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UEC recognition undecided
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has not decided on the recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) as the matter is still in the stage of obtaining feedback from various parties, said minister Maszlee Malik. “As we all know, we
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