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‘UPSR To Continue Until It Is Time For It To Be Replaced’


Mahdzir with Maimunah behind him during the visit at SK Sri Gaya. — Bernama photo

 


 September 13th, 2017  |  11:03 AM  |   1514 views

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Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the existing Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) would continue to be held until a time appropriate for the system to be replaced.

 

He said a study to identify a suitable system to replace the UPSR was still being carried out by getting feedback from interested parties, including parents.

 

“UPSR will continue to be held until we have discussed with all the quarters involved. This engagement takes along time, with parents, professionals, unions, academicians, all have them to sit together,” he said.

 

He told this to reporters after a visit to SK  Sri Gaya here yesterday to observe the running of the UPSR examination, which began yesterday.

 

Also present were Education Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad,  Education Director-General Tan Sri Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof and Sabah Education Department director Datuk Maimunah Suhaibul.

 

In a related development, Mahdzir said the achievement report for this year’s Primary 6 students would be made in a holistic manner, where it would not be based only on their academic performance or UPSR result, but also to take into account other aspects, such as co-curriculum, personality, sports and others under the School-based Assessment.

 

“So, the marks given to a student are not only in academics. We want to look at the student’s achievement  holistically,” he said, adding that the assessment would benefit the students when they want to pursue further studies.

 

A total of  443,794 candidates are sitting for the UPSR examination nationwide, with about 44,000 of them in Sabah.

 

The UPSR candidates comprised 433,536 students from government and government-aided schools, with the remaining from private schools.

 

In Perak, State Education director Mat Lazim Idris said a total of 34, 226 Primary 6 students sat for the examination in the state, comprising 23, 325 students from national schools, Chinese national-type schools  (7,978), Tamil national-type schools  (2,070), and private schools (853).

 

In Negeri Sembilan, Deputy Education Minister Datuk Chong Sin Woon said 16,609 candidates sat for the UPSR in the state, including 10 who had to sit for the test in hospitals and 13 children with special needs.

 

“The candidates with special needs are given an additional 30 minutes to one hour depending on the papers they sit for,” he said after a visit to SJKC Kampung Bharu Broga, Lenggeng.

 

In Selangor, State Education director Mohd Salleh Mohd Kassim said as a precautionary measure in case of a flood, affected schools had been asked to have their UPSR examination on the upper floor of their  school buildings.

 

In Penang, State Education director  Shaari Osman said the department was monitoring the flood situation in Jawi, but so far, it did not affect any of the UPSR candidates. — Bernama

 


 

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