KUALA LUMPUR: Only 6,600 pupils out of 95,286 applicants will join boarding schools in January. Education director-general Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom said the names of successful applicants would be announced today. “The details will be posted on the ministry’s website, www.moe.gov.my, while unsuccessful pupils can file their appeals online via e-rayuan,” he said in a [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 – Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school leavers and those with equivalent qualifications applying for admission to public institutions of higher learning (IPTA) for the 2010/2011 academic session are required to do so online. The application will be implemented in two phases with phase one started on Nov 2 till Dec 31 [...]

Asia e-University (AeU) has recently decided to sponsor about 20 schools for The Star’s NIE programme.  Under the sponsorship, which started in June, 10,000 copies of The Star’s NiE pullout were distributed to 20 secondary schools. The 20 schools which have been chosen to benefit from this sponsorship are namely: SMK Raja Mahadi, SMK Pandamaran [...]

PETALING JAYA, Dec 11 — The Cabinet today gave the green light to Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr. S.Subramaniam to continue holding discussions with the Education Ministry in resolving the dispute over the ministry’s decision to cap the subjects for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. Dr Subramaniam said the Cabinet had requested him to [...]

KUALA LUMPUR – The Ministry of Education has decided to introduce 60 more cluster schools , bringing the number of cluster schools to 120.  The move is believed to enhance national school’s position in the nation with a total number of 36 primary and 84 secondary schools being awarded such status in 3 phases. Cluster [...]

Students around Malaysia are  now having their school holidays which will extend until next year.  The 2010 school term start on 3 Jan 2010 for Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu while other schools in other states nationwide will start their new term on the 4 January 2010. Director General of Education, Dr Alimuddin said on 7 [...]

PUTRAJAYA – The Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) results show an overall improvement this year compared to last year, with the overall national average grade increasing by one per cent, Education Director-General Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said. “The number of pupils scoring all As increases to 9.51 per cent this year compared to 9.19 [...]

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Eleven-year-old Nur-bayti Md Dali, who quit school since Year One to look after her obese mother Nurhaniza Ahmad in Kampung Kebun Sireh here, is keen on going back to school. The timid girl, who shyly plays with her cats, Comel and Pak Tam, said her father Md Dali Ismail, had plans to send [...]

PUTRAJAYA – Penang proved they had the mightiest minds in Malaysia by championing RHB-The Star Mighty Minds national finals.  The team won when their representatives from SMK Bukit Jambul and Chung Ling High School beat 13 other state champions in an interesting contest yesterday.  With the win, the team will bring home the grand prize [...]

Team Chronos Beaker of SMK Batu Lintang won the Sarawak state challenge in the F1inSchools challenge yesterday.  The team which comprises of Sophee Shukarmin, Ahmad Ariffin Razak, Siti Kaalisaa Aanum Mohd Razif, Adib Wan Jamaluddin and Tan Kuok Yau won the championship based on 3 criterias which are good race time, a well decorated booth [...]