EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is taken from the Facebook status of Alina Amir, a Teach for Malaysia teacher with her permission. In these times of plunging education standards, it is both heartwar...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2013/06/editors-note-following-is-taken-from.html

Well, Tony's previous post on the IB programme was way back here in 2006 and since then the IB programme has really taken off with more and more Malaysians opting for it as an alternative to...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2013/06/what-is-international-baccalaureate.html

Editorial Note:  The following article was written by our very own Ong Kian Ming and is making the waves in the social media! I have just taken the liberty to post it up here, I'm sure he won't ...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-recent-visit-to-our-national-library.html

The following is an article from TMI by Anas Alam Faizli. Education was institutionalized to formalize the process of knowledge acquisition and research in man’s quest for understanding. Ea...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2013/01/why-malaysian-government-should-fund.html

As we enter a new year, we reflect back on a year full of trials and tribulations. From the pending abolishment of PMR to the flitting about of PPSMI, from the Rawang school of terror to the...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2013/01/5-wishes-for-education-in-malaysia-for.html

Click here for full version. Over the course of the next week, we will be carrying/ publishing several articles on the TIMMS findings. In the meantime, do pore over the results presented...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2012/12/malaysia-going-down-math-science.html

Greetings fellow concerned citizens! You're probably quite surprised reading this post ( and hopefully we still have a readership) after such a long hiatus. As it is, John Lee has been quite o...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2012/12/back-from-dead-with-new-member.html

There are two initiatives I'd like to draw attention to today. The first is Scientific Malaysian , an independent attempt to connect Malaysians interested in science and to raise the profile of t...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2012/04/grassroots-initiatives-in-academy.html

A friend still in university, with Kian Ming's advice, has initiated a public policy competition for Malaysian youth. This is the sort of initiative and independence which more of our students sh...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/08/malaysia-public-policy-competition-2011.html

Like most young people, I'm still not sure what I want to do with my life. Most people I think have an inkling of their personality and their interests, but not much of an idea of how to translat...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/07/whats-after-spm-whole-world-awaits.html

The Sun is running a "Malaysia and Me" writing competition for Malaysians between the ages of 15 and 30. If you are a student or youth, this is an excellent chance to participate in an important ...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/06/sun-malaysia-and-me-writing-contest.html

Philanthropic giving is a big thing in the USA, a cottage industry almost. About 2 out of every 3 American households gives to charity annually -- it's not something that just Bill Gates and Warr...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/01/mari-kita-membaca-worthy-cause.html

I can tell you from personal experience that getting a good internship in Malaysia is hard. There is no easy way to discern the good from the bad, and very few companies even have actual internsh...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/12/otak-otak-placing-students-in-high.html

With the announcement of a Talent Corporation to bring home Malaysians who've gone overseas, this research — Plugging the Brain Drain — seems relevant. The findings are quite accessible to t...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/11/studying-brain-drain.html

We were recently alerted to the existence of a programme called The Vacation Research Programme . All Form 5 students are eligible to apply; those accepted will be placed with medical researchers...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/10/vacation-research-programme-for-form-5.html

Eds.: The following is written by Tee Sui Seng, a Cantabrigian. The news that a Malaysian has been recognized as the top law student at the University of Cambridge initially filled me with much ...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/10/taking-false-pride-are-these.html

Hi, My name is I Lin Sin and I'm a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. I've just arrived in Malaysia for fieldwork. Over the next few months, I will be looking for and chat...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/09/researchinterview-request.html

Read this for more information. I support this kind of grass roots, bottom up initiative. Sokong!

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-support-of-parent-action-group-for.html

Educationists and parents want UPSR, PMR to stay UPDATED @ 03:21:48 PM 27-07-2010By Boo Su-Lyn July 27, 2010 PUTRAJAYA, July 27 — Political parties and educationists want the UPSR and PMR pub...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/07/scrapping-upsr-pmr-moe-roundtable.html

The call by Ministry of Education to abolish UPSR and PMR examinations must not be based on proper quantitative and qualitative studies and not based on unsubstantiated fads or whims of the day ...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/07/academic-studies-support-retaining.html

Ed.: The following is an article we received written by a former student of law at Universiti Teknologi Mara. When Najib proposed to open scholarship opportunities to all top scorers, particular...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/07/colour-of-scholarships-by-azira-aziz.html

EXPENSIVE RACE TO HIGHER EDUCATION SAT, 10 JUL 2010 06:00 By Ken Vin Lek SPECIAL FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR: Higher education is a passport to a better life, but unfortunately many Malaysian stud...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/07/state-of-higher-education-in-malaysia.html

PSD scholarships – to scrap or not to scrap SAT, 26 JUN 2010 06:11 By Ken Vin Lek KUALA LUMPUR: Every year around the months of May and June, hundreds of “straight A” SPM students rec...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/06/perennial-scholarship-controversy.html

The Ministry of Education must not be hasty in scrapping all examinations which will create far reaching consequences for our human capital development Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minis...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/06/scrapping-upsr-pmr-good-move.html

My friends and I are running a series of workshops in several cities from this month through August on the US university system and its application process. There'll be one-day sessions in Kota ...

http://educationmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/06/learn-more-about-us-university-system.html