Textbooks are not informational enough for reference.” “As it is, teachers are having headaches. Because when the syllabus changes, the teachers need to have the sufficient skills to teach. I just want my children to learn peacefully and calmly. “The ministry has too many tests and the kids are victims. Hasnah Musa, 43, however, said teachers played a crucial role in the education system, regardless of whether formats were changed or not. They are also more far-sighted, less bored at school and are not memorising facts from their books,” she said. “In PT3, the students have more activities at school that encourage them to be more creative. “I think it is good because the children will be doing a lot of thinking like in the PT3 system, which is healthy. However, some parents, like sales manager Anita Daud, 41, were optimistic about the change of format, saying that it would give pupils an edge. If changes are to be made, they should be made in Year One, not halfway during the children’s education,” she said. “They have to make sure the kids are taught to think critically and guided correctly in their studies. If they want to implement the PT3 format (in UPSR), the ministry must make sure the teachers are ready as well as improve the teaching system. “The ministry should keep the current format. Nutritionist Siti Farhath Sehu Allavudin 36, said instead of changing the exam format, the ministry should improve the education system. “Each child is unique and the ministry needs to find ways to increase the children’s ability to think.” “How about kids who have trouble understanding their subjects in school and cannot complete their assignments? To me, this is not fair. Roney said the syllabus was more difficult than before and pupils were burdened with all sorts of assignments. This is because the children will get confused and parents will go all out to dominate the situation… that always happen with parents.” “The ministry should try without changing the format. “I don’t agree because the children are not ready and they can’t possibly adapt to a new concept that is introduced in such a short period of time. Restaurant manager Roney Ratuhaqie Kamas Masud, 43, disapproved of frequent changes in the format for public school exams, saying it confused his child. “(The ministry) should do something more reasonable to boost the performance of pupils,” he added. “To change it to be like the PT3, the ministry is also going to burden teachers, who have to assess their pupils’ work and key in the marks at slow Internet speeds. “Why can’t our education system be more like the system in Singapore? They don’t just simply change their syllabus,” said Raju, 40, who is based in Johor Baru. “My kid is not a lab rat, told to do this and then do that. Those approached by The Malaysian Insider said they did not want their children to be treated like lab rats to test new exam formats, following the recent announcement by Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid.Īn IT supervisor, who gave his name as Raju, said the ministry needed to think of the relevance of its decisions. KUALA LUMPUR - The Education Ministry’s plan to change the format of the Standard Six Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) exam to 40 per cent school-based assessments and 60 per cent exams, similar to the Form Three Assessment (PT3), has drawn the ire of parents.
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