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MCA: Education Ministry should reform school system, tackle disciplinary issues to cut dropout rates

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Publish date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023, 07:25 PM
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry needs to urgently reform the secondary school curriculum to cut dropout rates instead of faulting it to factors such as marriage.

Wanita MCA spokesperson Ivone Low Yi Wen, in refuting deputy education minister Lim Hui Ying's statement, said one cannot dismiss the fact that there were serious problems in the curriculum and the secondary schools system.

This, she said, warranted urgent reforms and improvements after Lim said the dropout rate for primary and secondary schools dropout had fallen to less than one per cent.

Low added that Lim had said that while the dropout rate of male secondary school students had lowered, the number for their female counterparts rose from 0.40 per cent in 2019 to 0.71 per cent in 2022.

"It is too sweeping a statement and an overgeneralization to blame marriage as one of the causes for the higher dropout rate among female secondary school students.

"The core setback is that the ministry has not kept pace with the times when handling secondary education.

"Disciplinary problems in local secondary schools have festered for a long time while the issue of student attendance has not received enough attention, let alone proposed solutions.

"These problems are the main reasons as to why many underage girls drop out of school and tie the knot early and not vice versa," said Low in a statement today.

Low, who is Beliawanis MCA national chairman, said the syllabus for secondary school education is inadequate in the segments on gender relations and sex education.

This, she said, had resulted to students lacking the necessary knowledge and awareness.

"This exacerbates the problems of early marriage and early pregnancy among youngsters.

"The ministry should prioritise solving these issues rather than fault marriage as to why female secondary students leave school early before the syllabus' completion.

"By reviewing the entire existing system and curriculum for secondary education and focusing on solving key issues, the ministry would be able to ensure that every student would receive better quality education and fully develop and realise their potential," she added.

Lim had said that the ministry's Student Database Application System (ADPM) from 2019 to this year showed the main reasons for the rise in the dropout rate were a lack of interest in schooling, employment or family issues, marriage as well as difficulty attending school due to distance.

 

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/10/966264/mca-education-ministry-should-reform-school-system-tackle-disciplinary

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DickyMe

Schools are already like concentration camps.
Rantings in school assembly is daily event.
"JANGAN, HARUS, MESTI, PASTI, PATUH, IKUT ARAHAN..la la la lalalala.."
Paranoid discipline method kills creativity and urge of students attending school.

School subjects are crap. Teaching quality is like roadside snake oil salesman.
No effort to improve subjects and and teaching quality but always suggest "CONTROLLING" methods. Useless politicians and Teachers.

2023-10-12 19:31

qqq47660

MCA got 60 years already. That is too long

2023-10-13 00:18

EngineeringProfit

Quote: "there were serious problems in the curriculum and the secondary schools system..."

Who needs to go to school to learn to be a chatgpt, a holy book or a kuli?

2023-10-13 07:29

EngineeringProfit

Yup. Why not - smaller classes with students who are interested only in learning

2023-10-13 08:38

stockraider

THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIC TRAINING

I think these people should drop out early if they have no aptitude for academic study mah!
Raider recommendations after primary 6 or 12 yrs old....students can continue their study to form 1 or alternative join the govt intern training institute to be the under training work force of msia loh!

Since these people are under age & cannot officially work.....thus under the training institute force of govt....they can officially start working as part of the intern training institute until they reach the working age of 16 yrs old loh!

During their training....they can draw a training allowance of Rm 600 per mth with food, accommodation & transport to work and training course fees all provided by govt, until they graduate when they reach 18 yrs old mah!

Govt can charge the private sectors Rm 1200 per mth per trainee {if they require labor force) in order to self finance this very important project.
In addition govt should increase foreign workers levy by another Rm 50 per mth loh!

It this way, Msia can reduce foreign labors by 2 million pa loh!

This is how u train msian people & lift them out of poverty gradually by imparting technical skill, cultural skill & success positive attitude to msian mah!

Eventually u create many many future great entrepreneur like Li Kah Shing for msia mah!

2023-10-13 08:39

stockraider

U clear out some of the deadwoods....then u can have smaller classes too mah!

But Remember those still studying until the get their degrees....may not beat those people who join the training institute at age of 13 .....in terms of earning capacity over the lifetime mah!

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 34 seconds ago | Report Abuse

Yup. Why not - smaller classes with students who are interested only in learning

2023-10-13 08:42

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