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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 public examinations retained, an Education Ministry dialogue was told today. Representatives from political parties like DAP and MIC and non-governmental organisations such as the Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) and the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) said that today’s meeting of about 40 representatives saw a chorus of reservation against abolishing the two public examinations. “Majority do not agree to abolish both,” said Dong Zong representative Dr Lai Hoi Chaw today. “Majority also thought this exam system has to be modified,” he added, saying that creative content should be increased in the examination system. Lai, the deputy director of the Malaysian Independent Chinese Secondary School Unified Examination Committee under Dong Zong, said tha...

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 The Ministry of Education is currently studying seriously on the proposal to abolish UPSR and PMR examinations in order to improve the standards of education and to create more “thinking” students rather than those relying purely on 'regurgitation' to pass examinations. The response from the public and interested parties to date has been generally in favour of such abolition, with some expressing reservation. I'll like to call upon the Ministry of Education to conduct a more scientific or quantitative study determine the effects of examinations on a student and his or her achievements before taking the hasty and drastic measure of abolishing examinations only to suffer irreversible damage to the quality of our education subsequently. There are a lot of studies conducted by academics ...