Sarawak welcomes positive response from MoE over own assessment system

KUCHING: The Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development (MEITD) acknowledges and welcomes the positive response from the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MoE) on MEITD’s proposal to draft its own assessment system. The assessment system is to replace the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) for Year Six students in all government schools in the state. […]
Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union welcomes UPSR-like assessment

KUCHING: The Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) fully supports Sarawak’s plan to introduce its own assessment examination for Year 6 pupils in government schools. President Zulkiflee Sebli said teachers and public have been raising their concern about the lack of standardised tools to measure the children’s performance at the primary school level since the abolishment […]
Call to expedite devolution of education autonomy for Sarawak’s own assessment examination

KUCHING: Putrajaya must expedite devolution of the education autonomy to Sarawak to allow the state to have its own Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR)-like assessment examination for Year 6 students in government schools. Datuk Jonathan Chai, president of the Association of the Boards of Management of Aided Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian said […]
MOE to give input on Sarawak’s proposal to replace UPSR

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Education (MOE) will give its input to the Sarawak government regarding the proposal to draft its own assessment system to replace the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) for Year Six students in all government schools in the state. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said this is because the proposal is in […]