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29 Apr 2021 / 09:04 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: Empowering the school-based assessment (PBS) and the classroom assessment (PBD) starting this year has been described as the best approach in developing students holistically. Assoc Prof Dr Azlin Norhaini Mansor, senior lecturer at the Centre Department of Education Leadership and Policy of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) said this is because the assessments would emphasis various aspects including physical, spiritual and intellectual compared to the existing one which focuses more on academic achievement through examinations. ‘‘...and ...

Police in Dowa District have arrested eight people for demolishing two houses and injuring one person. It followed disagreements which erupted after a 20-year-old man in Traditional Authority Chakhaza’s area in the district was accused was of marrying a 13- year-old girl. It is said that the accused, Richard Baziliyo, on March 27, 2021 abducted the 13-year-old girl who is a Standard Six learner at Sambaadzukulu Primary School for sexual exploitation. Mponela Police spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino said thereafter, parents of the victim were tipped that their daughter was living with Baziliyo as...

A 15-year-old boy has hanged himself with a mosquito net at Engalaweni in Mzimba district. Mzimba police spokesperson, John Nyirongo, says police have no clue yet as to what may have led the Standard Six learner do this. The body of the boy, Gadi Nyirenda, was found dangling in his room on Sunday An examination at Mzimba district hospital revealed that the boy died of suffocation. (Visited 59 times, 1 visits today) Subscribe to our Youtube Channel :

THE STANDARD By Nathan Ochunge | March 15th 2021 at 13:35:17 GMT +0300 Police have arrested a Standard Six pupil for allegedly killing his teacher at Shihuli village in Shinyalu, Kakamega County, after a quarrel over water. The late Maurice Khataka Shibutse ( pictured), 47, is the immediate neighbour to the suspect, a P1 Teacher at Ihondolo Primary School. The 16-year-old pupil is in class six at Shihuli Primary school. Everlyne Muhenje, the wife to the deceased told The Standard on Monday that the pupil came in the morning to fetch water from their well but the husband (Shibutse) deni...

In Kenya, the body of a missing Standard Six pupil who went missing after attending a funeral has been found on a neighbour’s farm. Residents of Namuduru sub-location in Samia Sub-County, Busia County woke up to a rude shock on Monday morning when the body of the 17-year-old Immaculate Auma was found after two days of frantic search. “This girl is reported to have gone missing on Saturday night and her lifeless body has been found today after the family’s fruitless search yesterday,” Namuduru Assistant Chief Josephat Sunday Makokha told reporters. The girl is suspected to ...