By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Nov 28: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) urges the Ministry of Education (MoE) to reconsider its decision to abolish examination-oriented learning in schools.
According to a news report by TV Sarawak (TVS), STU president Kullin Djayang said that the union is not objecting to the ministry’s decision but the country’s education interest must be emphasised.
He said that during a survey for teachers conducted by the union in several parts of Sarawak, they found that many of the teachers agreed that there should be examinations at the end of primary school, Form Three, and the Sijil Pelajaran Tinggi (SPM) examination for Form Five students.
“A total of 2,060 teachers responded to the survey with 79.8 per cent agreeing that the examinations should be held and only 20.2 per cent disagreeing,” he said.
He said that many educators and parents still want a nationwide uniform examination to assess the actual ability of students at certain levels such as the end of Primary Six, as well as in Form Three and Form Five.
He also said that apart from placing students in appropriate fields or streams based on students’ interests whether at the school or higher learning institute level, the examination is also suitable to determine the extent of students’ actual abilities, understanding and achievements after attending learning sessions for several years.
“For teachers, examinations are one of the indicators to see whether their teaching techniques and methods are effective or not over a certain period,” he added. — DayakDaily
