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Education Ministry to introduce integrated student character development initiative in 2026
GEORGE TOWN: The Education Ministry plans to implement a student character development programme integrated within existing subjects in 2026.
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Free flu shots for pupils in four Selangor districts from next week
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government will begin its free Influenza vaccination programme for schoolchildren in four districts with the highest number of cases - Petaling, Klang, Gombak and Hulu Lang - starting next week.
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Education
Innovating their way to victory
AT the Melaka State Maker Fair Junior Innovate (JI) and Young Innovators Challenge (YIC) 2025, four schools won gold in the primary and secondary categories.
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Education
Final push for SPM 2025
WITH the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations drawing near, Form Five students across the nation – the first batch to experience the cancellation of both the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and the Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) – must be feeling anxious.
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Education
Research opens doors
Ask a young person what field they intend to pursue, and research is often low on the list.
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Education
Making schools safe again
The recent spate of negative news about our schools doesn't bode well for the image of Malaysia's education system.
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Education
‘They don’t know about this option’
To ensure Malaysia's workforce remains future-ready, highly skilled and aligned with the country's economic ambitions, it is vital to understand the barriers that continue to hinder the momentum of technical and vocational education and training (TVET).
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Education
TVET qualifications are prestigious too
THERE must be a mindset change if Malaysia wants to align technical and vocational education and training (TVET) with the highly sought-after career paths often associated with academic degrees, experts say.
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Education
Malaysia’s top teachers
BEYOND showing up in class and teaching from textbooks, outstanding teachers go the extra mile to make a difference in their students' lives, as demonstrated by the efforts of the Top 10 finalists of the Malaysia Teacher Prize (MTP) 2025 (see infobox).
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Education
Seven M’sian varsities among Asean’s Top 10
Seven Malaysian universities have made it into the top 10 list of Asean institutions in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026.
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Education
APU wins with life-saving AI
THE rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to perform many tasks more efficiently.
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Education
Need for skills-based hiring
To remain globally competitive, Malaysia must accelerate its transition from qualification-based hiring to skills-based human resource frameworks, says Malaysian Employers Federation president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman.
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Malaysia strengthens efforts to address marginalised children, youth in Asean, says ministry
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia continues to strengthen efforts to address the systemic and complex challenges faced by marginalised children and youth in the region through the Asean Out-of-School Children and Youth (OOSCY) Seminar held from Oct 28 to 30.
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Malaysia's unemployment rate declines to 3.2% in 2024, says DOSM
PUTRAJAYA: The unemployment rate declined to 3.2% while the number of graduates increased to 5.98 million in 2024, according to the 2024 Graduates Statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) on Saturday (Nov 1).
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Over 413,000 students to sit for SPM 2025 from Nov 3
PUTRAJAYA: The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2025 examination, involving 413,372 candidates, will begin this Monday (Nov 3) and run until Dec 23 at 3,350 examination centres nationwide.
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Fadhlina inspects flood preparedness of Kedah schools
ALOR SETAR: The Education Ministry is working to ensure that schools' preparedness for disasters is at the best level and that the safety aspects of students, teachers and all education staff are maintained.
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Home Ministry mulls linking school CCTVs with police networks, says Saifuddin Nasution
KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry is considering the proposal to link school closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems to the police to enable real-time monitoring and enhance security.
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Green light for Chinese classes
THE Education Ministry has reaffirmed that Chinese language classes can be held in national secondary schools (SMK) if there is demand from at least 15 parents, in line with the Education Act.
