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Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

March 26th, 2008

Not compulsory for teachers to attend state functions: Just another example of BN’s foolish act

By DERRICK VINESH
PENANG: No action will be taken against teachers who do not attend official functions organised by the new state government.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) Penang branch Lim Ming Tzong @ Adam Alim Abdullah said teachers in Penang no longer needed to give explanation letters for failing to attend such functions. […]

By CJCM -- 3 comments

January 1st, 2008

School fees: The first new year surprise for parents

By now, millions of parents would have paid hundreds of millions to their children respective schools when they went to register their children for the 2008 new school term. Prior to this, the Government had announced free text books for all chool children and also the abolishment of school fees, and had been very proud […]

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November 27th, 2007

Free education in Malaysia?

The end-of -year school holiday had started…. but the new school term is fast approaching. The present Malaysian government had, in its latest budget, announced free text-books for all students from next year, and in doing so, proudly told the public, the education in Malaysia is now FREE. Yes.. I agree… but only to the […]

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October 31st, 2007

Status quo remains for Science and Mathematics in English: Didn’t we tell you it wouldn’t work Ministry of Education?

All of us Malaysian know, the decision taken by the Ministry of Education to teach Science and Mathematics in English was in fact done in a hasty way and without any solid evidence that a thorough study was conducted before the policy was implemented. Teachers, parents and concerned citizens raised their concerns to the Ministry […]

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October 2nd, 2007

Malaysia Boleh: Limkokwing University of Creative Technology a Malaysian-brand education abroad

While other universities in Malaysia have been busy trying to attract international students to Malaysia, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) has been busy selling Malaysian-brand education abroad. The man responsible behind this brave move is none other than Tan Sri Lim Kok Wing, the founder of LUCT. So far, LUCT has set up […]

By CJCM -- 2 comments

September 7th, 2007

UM secret survey that is not anonymous

People normally would not respond to any survey that are not anonymous for many reasons which I would not want to discuss here. But have you come across any survey that are not anonymous? I haven’t… until I read today’s Malaysiakini report about UM’s supposedly secret survery but not anonymous. According to the report, the […]

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September 4th, 2007

NUTP decides to sue parent for false report to the media: Will this backfire?

Malaysiakini reported today, in its Bahasa Melayu section, about the decision by the NUTP to sue one of the parents who had made a false report to the media.
“Setiausaha Agung NUTP, Lok Yim Pheng berkata, perkara tersebut diputuskan sebulat suara dalam mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kerja NUTP pada 30 Ogos lalu.
Kami tidak mahu maruah, imej dan […]

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