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A gun-totting teacher in her classroom. Just what is she trying to teach her pupils?
Where’s the action Mr PMX?
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22, 2024: Don’t just talk only. Action speaks louder than words.
Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMX) says “our failure (in education)” is the obsession with past success.
“We cannot be in denial about the state of our education system,” he added.
Wow! Such sweet words that are so pleasant to the ears of Malaysians.
But, why retain the incompetent and ineffective Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek who outragiously defended the promotion of violence and the use of firearms in schools. (view the above pic and video clip).
Did Malaysian parents send their children to be taught about violence and the use of firearms? Parents of those children should be taking legal action against the ministry for such unbecoming “lessons in class”.
Why expose the innocent school children to such matters? She should, instead be taking action against those education officials and teachers but has she?
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on what the PMX said about Malaysia’s fast erodinbg and failing education system:
We can’t be in denial about our education system, says Anwar
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says ‘our failure’ is the obsession with past successes.
Elill Easwaran - 22 Jan 2024, 12:19pm
The latest Pisa scores show that Malaysian 15-year-olds scored lower in math, science and reading than in previous years.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says the country cannot be in denial about the state of its education system.
In a speech at an event at Universiti Malaya, Anwar said there were concerns about education in the country, citing the drop in last year’s international student assessment (Pisa) scores.
“Our failure is our obsession with past successes. The common excuse is Covid-19 but it affected all countries including Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia.
“Why have we failed in this score? These are questions we must ask before embarking on the future. We cannot be in a state of denial.”
“Why have we failed in this score? These are questions we must ask before embarking on the future. We cannot be in a state of denial.”
Anwar said though Malaysia cannot dismiss its past successes, the “bare facts” remain concerning.
“We are not here to deny that we have achieved some growth and unity, and a certain level of education,” he added.
Meanwhile, Anwar said he disagreed with the ministry’s plan to start its digital transformation programme only in 2027. He added that tough decisions must be made to accelerate the digital transformation.
“I understand the ministry needs time but we can’t wait and implement it only in 2027. Yes, we don’t have enough resources, but we must use whatever is available now to get it started,” he said.
Last month, education deputy director-general (school operations) Azman Adnan said the Pisa drop is not unique to Malaysia.
He said many other countries around the world were also affected by “learning losses” due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Administered by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Pisa is a triennial survey of 15-year-old students that assesses their acquisition of key knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society.
The assessment focuses on proficiency in reading, mathematics, science as well as on the students’ well-being.
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Even Cambodians are improving in Pisa while Malaysians deteriorate
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15, 2023: It is a bottomless pit for Malaysia’s fast deteriorating education system and performance.
What do you expect when the Education Ministry is headed by a “useless good-for-nothing” minister, Fadhlina Sidek.
Instead of concentrating on her task of strengthening the education system for the rakyat dan negara (people and country), she defends her educators and officials who promoted the use of “violence and firearms” in schools.
Today, even Cambodia is scoring points in academic performance as rated by Pisa but Malaysia is deteriorating.
(Pisa - Programme for International Student Assessment is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in member and non-member nations intended to evaluate educational systems by measuring 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading.)
Fadhlina even blamed it on the Coronavirus (Covid-19) for the deterioration of academic performance! Hellooo!??? The pandemic is a global problem, not unique to Malaysia!
Will Malaysia wake up to face reality and take remedial measures to improve its academic performance? It is very unlikely to happen in this so-called Madani Unity Government after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim retained Fadhlina in his Cabinet reshuffle:
Learn from Cambodia in Pisa scores, academic tells govt
Anuar Ahmad points out that Cambodia’s Pisa scores improved while Malaysia’s declined despite facing the same obstacles due to Covid-19.
Shahrul Shahabudin - 15 Dec 2023, 9:30am
An education ministry official previously cited the Covid-19 pandemic as among the factors that contributed to the decline in students’ performance.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia should take a leaf out of Cambodia’s book when it comes to improving education standards, says an academic.
Malaysia saw a significant drop in last year’s international student assessment (Pisa) scores, with education minister Fadhlina Sidek citing the Covid-19 pandemic as among the factors that contributed to the decline in students’ performance.
The Pisa study serves to gauge the readiness of 15-year-olds who receive formal education to seamlessly adapt to contemporary society. The assessment took place from April 17 to May 31, 2022 at 199 schools, including private schools.
Anuar Ahmad of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) pointed out that Cambodia’s 2022 Pisa’s scores improved while Malaysia’s declined, despite having had longer school closures due to the pandemic and an inferior Internet and technology infrastructure to support online learning.
“It is a situation that may be interesting for us to examine in depth. How did Cambodia successfully manage their education system despite facing (the same obstacles due to) Covid-19,” he said.
“It is a country that still lacks strong financial stability, is still in the process of development, and a nation without high income levels.
“(However), they have managed to improve their educational performance compared with 2018.”
According to the 2022 Pisa score chart, 15-year-old Cambodian students scored 336 in mathematics (up from 324 in 2018), 329 in reading (up from 321 previously) and 347 in science (up from 330 in 2018).
Meanwhile, the latest Pisa scores show that Malaysian 15-year-olds scored 409 in math (down from 440 previously) and 416 in science (down from 438 in 2018). In reading, Malaysians scored 388, down from 415.
Only 1.2% of the students were excellent at math, and only 0.5% were good at science. Less than half, or just 42%, were good at reading.
Previously, education deputy director-general (school operations) Azman Adnan said Malaysia was not the only country suffering a drop in the Pisa score as many others had also been affected by the “learning loss” due to the pandemic.
However, DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng disagreed with Azman and told the ministry to confront the reality of poor education standards rather than downplaying it.
Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) chairman Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim said the drop in the Pisa ranking was alarming for the country’s education as Covid-19 had deepened the learning crisis.
She also pointed out that a LeapEd Services and Monash University study showed that one in three students feel they are not learning anything new and two in three felt unsupported in their learning.
Noor Azimah called for an increase in the use of digital technology in education in order to bridge the learning loss due to Covid-19 in the shortest possible time by providing devices to those most in need.
“Covid-19 accelerated the use of digital tools in education. Thus, the challenge now is to strengthen and develop these new skills, in a sustainable way,” she said.
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