Page 8 - Year Six News Today

Kota Kinabalu: A Parti Warisan leader hailed Sarawak’s decision to introduce its own Year Six assessment for pupils following the controversial scrapping of the UPSR exam by the Ministry of Education.

PETALING JAYA: Sarawak’s plan to develop a statewide examination for its Year Six pupils in place of the abolished Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) shows that there are gaps in the current school-based assessment system, say parents.

KUALA LUMPUR: Any assessment at schools that will be carried out at the state level must get input from the Education Minis­try, says Fadhlina Sidek.

PETALING JAYA: Federal ministers from Sarawak say the state’s proposal to hold its own Year Six assessment exams is a form of “devolution of power” as stated in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).

PETALING JAYA: Teachers in Sarawak are looking forward to having an assessment exam akin to the now defunct Ujian Pen­ca­paian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR), says Sarawak Native Teachers’ Association president Zulkiflee Sebli.

KUCHING: Sarawak's proposed assessment system for Year Six pupils will not come into conflict with the federal education policy, says Datuk Seri Roland Sagah.

KUCHING: Year Six pupils in Sarawak will be assessed based on the state’s own system, which will be developed in place of the abolished Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR).

KUCHING: Sarawak welcomes the Education Ministry's support towards the state's initiative to introduce its own Year Six assessment system in place of the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR).

KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry 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.

IPOH: The Perak state government will consider helping out winning innovators commercialise their projects, says Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad.