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Unnecessary questions in UPSR forms
24Feb2008 The StarI HAVE a 12-year-old son who will be sitting for the UPSR exam this year.
The school had given a registration form to fill that my wife was going through when she found something absolutely absurd.
One had to fill up one’s race and religion.
Is this information really necessary for them to know and how can this affect the exam grading?
It makes me wonder if they are evaluating a student purely based on his or her competency or by their ethnic race and religion.
Another thing is that the UPSR exams have been scheduled for September 2008. What happens for the next three months after the exams?
The children are under tremendous pressure to finish their syllabus within the first nine months.
The teachers don’t care. They breeze through the lessons because they have a time limit.
The child has to go through additional coaching via tuition and extra classes.
How many children can afford tuition?
Why is this happening?
I urge the ministry to do a thorough revamp of our education system and move towards achieving world class excellence. I hope something will be done and all those parents who are in a similar predicament please speak up.
MARTIN D’SILVA,
Shah Alam, Selangor.
Source: The Star – February 24, 2008
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nur arisya yusof
July 24th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
is it true dat this upsr 75% and above will get a’s
sanggkar
September 7th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
No.I think the question paper so though
shanana
September 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
i think we,as a parents need 2 know about the activities at school after upsr.teachers must do something!
shanana
September 11th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
4 me,we better join our child’s school to takes apart some activities which choosen by them.how about that?
Siti Aqilah Rahmat
November 14th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I am a student who study in chinese school , but i am malay student . This year i sitting for UPSR. After I know the result , i got 6A 1C. Try to join in the SJK(C)Subang . The teacher is so good and serious.
vanitha
November 26th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
i want upsr questions