Articles Archive for June 2009
Happenings @Schools »
BINTULU – SMK Matang Jaya, Kuching shined in the just concluded National Robotics Competiton 2009 which was held in SJKC Sebiew Bintulu. The team which is better known as MJROBOTICS swept clean the Junior Secondary Open Category and will represent Sarawak for the National Robotics Competition in the National Science Center.
Also representing Sarawak will be SMK Asajaya (Samarahan), SMK Bintulu(Bintulu), SMT Sejingkat (Kuching), SJK Chung Hua Lutong (Miri), SJKC Chung Hua Bintulu 2 (Bintulu). Photo from SMK Matang Jaya.
Education News »
KUALA LUMPUR: There are many positive reasons to limit the number of SPM subjects to 10, including the fact that it could overcome the shortage of teachers, Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
He said statistics showed that almost 90% of students took 10 subjects anyway.
“It all comes down to how we want to manage our education system so that we can produce students who are capable and not only in exams,” he told a press conference yesterday.
Asked whether opposition to the idea would lead to the proposal being shelved, …
