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Only in Malaysia are academic excellence achievers rejected … due to skin colour/kulitfication
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4, 2025: Only in Malaysia Straight-A or high academic achievers are denied entry into public or Government tertiary education institutions.
This year, more than 400 SPM high-achievers have sought the MCA’s help after failing to secure matriculation spots.
And this is only MCA? What about others who did not seek the help of MCA?
And all these “rejects” have been denied further education due to their skin colour, not due to poor meritocracy.
Every year since Merdeka (Independence) 1957, it is the same story of rejections and disappointment in Malaysia.
Going to political parties like MCA, DAP and others are a waste of time and effort. Only a few may gain admission and the rest are left in a lurch and need their parents to spend a fortune of their savings on private education.
MCA and DAP are useless. They are only good t using you for publicity. They do not have the clout to help you.
It is the racial and religious bigoted education and higher education ministries that have the clout to decide … by skin colour or kulification.
While those who have been rejected but can afford to go overseas to further their tertiary education have left, those who have no financial means are left disappointed to struggle in their lives.
To all who have achieved academic excellence, try your best to apply for scholarships (local and foreign) and then leave, never to return to a country that has rejected you for no valid reasons.
Malaysia has discriminated your future and treated you with disdain and unfairly, so why should you ever consider returning?
Malaysia’s brain drain and loss of talent is the gain of other countries who need competent and quality human capital.
Try and apply for universities in Sarawak.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below two news reports on the plight of the rejected Straight-A students:
Matriculation admissions: MCA Youth submits appeal to Education Ministry
Wednesday, 04 Jun 2025
2:37 PM MYT
MCA questions sudden change in matriculation entry qualifications
Photo: AZLINA ABDULLAH /The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Youth has submitted an official appeal to the Education Ministry over this year’s matriculation admission process, where over 400 SPM high-achievers had sought the party’s help after failing to secure matriculation spots.
Four of these students had also scored A+ and A in 10 or more SPM subjects.
MCA Youth central committee member Ong Chee Siang (pic) said 413 complaints from SPM leavers were handed to the Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh’s assistant in Putrajaya on Wednesday (June 4) morning, including academic transcripts, performance breakdowns, and analytical reports.
He said a total of 255 of the 413 students had met the previous admission qualifications, scoring all As in their SPM, but failed to secure a spot based on the current unclear and inconsistent guidelines.
The Education Ministry, on April 30, had released a circular stating that only students with 10As comprising A+ and A in all subjects would be given an automatic offer to enrol in the matriculation programme for the 2025/2026 session.
Previously, SPM students with 10As and above were guaranteed a place in the matriculation programme, as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibra him in June last year.
Ong said the sudden change to the entry requirements, inconsistency in policy and unclear guidelines have left many in limbo.
He said according to the party’s data, the number of appeals into matriculation has surged by 2.4 times, from only 173 in June 2024 to 413 in the same period this year.
“Among the 413 applicants, four students obtained straight A or A+ in 10 or more subjects.
“One student achieved 9 A+ in all subjects, 14 students scored 9 As or A+, and 17 received a mix of As and A- across 9 subjects,” he said.
He cited an example of twin sisters who both scored 9 As and 1 A- and had nearly identical co-curricular points, but one received a matriculation offer and the other did not.
“If two students have similar SPM results but only one secures a spot in matriculation, something isn’t right.
“We are puzzled why an A- is now considered insufficient when previous ministry documents — such as a 2009 circular — clearly state that A- is classified under A2 and should be considered as an ‘A’,” he said.
He said the ministry failed to provide a clear and timely admission guideline on the automatic admission for straight A students, which was promised to be released by July 3 last year.
Ong also questioned the short deadline for the 2025 intake and appeal, which has caused concern among parents and students.
“Matriculation intake appeals close on June 21, but orientation starts just two days later, on June 23.
“Classes begin on June 27, leaving very little time to process appeals or admit students who were initially rejected.
“We’re not sure how the ministry can manage all this so quickly. Last year, some students only got in weeks before the first semester ended,” he said.
MCA Youth legal expert Teoh Tuck Wah said when things are suddenly changed without warning, the ministry can be opened to be legally challenged.
He said MCA Youth is urging the Education Ministry to publish clear rules for matriculation admission, including whether A- grades are still accepted and to give advance notice before changing policies.
“We ask the ministry to act quickly and fairly. Education should never be handled with uncertainty,” he said.
MCA receives 214 complaints from straight-A SPM students failing to secure matriculation
By YEE XIANG YUN and VENESA DEVI
NationSunday, 01 Jun 2025
5:14 PM MYT
MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (left) and party youth chief Ling Ting Soon (right) showing the results of SPM a straight A's student consisting of A and A only but still did not get a spot in Matriculation.
YONG PENG: At least 214 straight-A students have reached out to MCA after failing to secure a spot in matriculation following an abrupt change to the entry requirements.
Party president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said that as of 10pm on Saturday (May 30), MCA had received matriculation-related complaints from 394 disappointed students.
"Out of the cases we received, 214 of them are mostly students who scored straight As in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), but had one or two A-.
"They were supposed to be eligible for the programme, but suddenly the Education Ministry changed the requirement and A- is no longer considered 'cemerlang' (excellent).
“There were also cases where the students have even fulfilled the new requirement after getting straight A’s consisting of A+ and A only, but still did not get a spot in matriculation,” he said.
He said this in a press conference after officiating the Ayer Hitam MCA general assembly here.
Dr Wee also pointed out that these were just cases MCA has received, and the number of students facing the same plight is a lot higher.
"Last year, we also raised the matriculation issue after the Prime Minister said that only those with 10As can enter the programme.
"There are students who only took nine subjects. How are they supposed to get 10 As?" he said, adding that the government has yet to respond to the matter.
In a video on Friday (May 30), Dr Wee said that the Education Ministry had released a circular on April 30 stating that only students with 10As comprising A+ and A in all subjects would be given an automatic offer to enrol in the matriculation programme for the 2025/2026 session.
Dr Wee pointed out that this move, which was confirmed by Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh on Facebook, was a significant shift from the government’s policy last year when students with 10As in SPM were allocated a place in matriculation.
In June last year, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that all SPM students, regardless of background, who scored 10As and above, would be given a place in the matriculation programme.
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