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 [...]