KUALA LUMPUR: Some 30,000 students had their National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans suspended last year when they failed to obtain a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0.
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One fact that seems to escape most Chinese parents who enrol their children in Mandarin-medium national type primary schools is that they will just be studying there for six years. All the stress and frustrations the parents and children have to undergo is just to ensure that they do well in their UPSR or Standard Six examination.
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THE reported RM4bil tuition industry clearly reflects the state of our teaching and education for our young. Chances are we will continue in this direction, fuelling a system that will eventually lead to a total collapse of the education system if not treated with urgency.
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TAKING tuition classes has become a necessity for many school-going children. Not because they lag behind in classes or are slow learners, merely because students today are forced to rely on an alternate learning source.
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A SCHOOL year is about to begin and the Education Ministry is ending the year on a note of optimism. Among the “success stories” is the good results achieved by students who took Science and Mathematics in English in the recent Penilaian Menengah Rendah examinations.
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The dawn of a New Year means a new hole in the pocket for parents with school-going children. Malaysian parents who send their children to a government schools can easily spend up to RM600 for school uniform, fees, textbooks and other essentials per child.
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Malaysian children begin schooling from the age of 5 or 6 in kindergarten. Primary one begins the year a child turns 7. There is a primary education leaving exam, called 'Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah', or UPSR (Primary School Assessment Examination)
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SK CONVENT Butterworth pupils, who scored 5As in the recent UPSR, were honoured at the school’s inaugural mini convocation ceremony as incentive for their hard work. The 30 top scorers received certificates from principal Tan Lay Peng at the ceremony cum year-end annual dinner held at the Safira Club in Seberang Jaya recently.
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The “tuition culture” in our country has existed for decades. The mushrooming of tuition centres, especially in the Klang Valley, is just a question of demand and supply. I think one of the main reasons is the high student-teacher ratio in government schools. A class size of 40 to 50 is common today.
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