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 find ways in resolving the problem which he stressed, must be fair to all students.
“This is the view of the Cabinet. We (the Cabinet) spent some 15 minutes discussing the matter and decided that whatever decision …

KUALA LUMPUR: Students planning to sit for Islamic studies, Tamil, Chinese, English and Iban languages should not be penalised by the 10-subject limit for the SPM examination beginning next year.
“The percentage of those affected by the scholarships was small at approximately 2.5%,” said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk S.K. Devamany.
He said students must not be deprived of their right to sit for their mother tongue subjects and Islamic studies through extra papers.
“The limitation is due to allegations about the unfair distribution of PSD scholarships, said Devamany, who …

NILAI: The days of students taking up to 20 subjects in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination are over. Next year they will be allowed a maximum of only 10 subjects.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this would put an end to the controversy surrounding Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships and the number of As that students obtained in the SPM examination.
He said the government had yet to determine the grading system to be used once the decision is implemented next year to define those eligible for PSD scholarships.
He …

PUTRAJAYA -Students sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination may not be allowed to take as many subjects as they like in future.
This is to put an end to claims on unfairness in the award of Public Service Department scholarships.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that, as things stood now, students in government schools had no limit on the number of subjects they could take, meaning that those from other schools, like fully residential ones, were “disadvantaged”.
This would be among several matters to be discussed at a special …