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 schools will give the school administration complete autonomy to administer their very own school, with a good RM500k, to be spent on enhancing the school towards its niche. Previously, there was only 60 cluster schools …

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 September 2009, that the number of school days for next year is 210 days with 78 allocated school holidays.

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 per cent last year.
“The number of those with good achievement (minimum C) increases to 63.03 per cent compared to 62.56 per cent last year while the percentage of those with all Es declined to 0.64 per …

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 her to a religious school in Pokok Sena, Tasek Gelugor, next year.
“I want to go back to school, but I feel sad to leave my mother at home because the school hours there are long, from …