Malaysia – P. Ramasamy, Penang’s Deputy Chief Minister II, has requested a meeting with Senior Education Minister Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin to address the impending closure of SK Assumption in Butterworth. On January 31, a Penang MP filed an official letter to the government, requesting a formal meeting to explore the potential of delaying the school’s closure. The state …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, urged teachers who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 to do so promptly to safeguard themselves and their pupils. Although instructors are not required to get vaccinated, he said, they risk spreading the illness when face-to-face teaching and learning sessions (PdP) begin. “For example, elementary school instructors who are …

A confirmation from government that there is now an emergency in learning in the nation could make ready for solid arrangements, a promotion bunch has shared it.  The individuals from the Philippine Business for Education (PBED) said it was the ideal opportunity for another instruction commission, a long time since the latter was met, to present changes on tackling the …

KUALA LUMPUR: Beginning March 1st, schools will reopen in stages, allowing school bus operators around the country to breathe a sigh of relief. While initially only affecting primary students, after a prolonged shutdown following the Covid-19 pandemic, this is sufficient to give them hope to rise again early last year. Amali Munif Rahmat, president of the Federation of School Bus …

 KUALA LUMPUR: Students in Malaysia will return in phases to schools, starting on Mar 1 with pre-schoolers as well as primary 1 and primary 2 students. Senior Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said in a press conference on Friday (Feb 19) that the majority of the primary students will return to school a week later, on March 8. “For …

PETALING JAYA – There will be no deferred national exams in Malaysia, like Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM, GCE O-level equivalent), Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM, certificate of vocational skills), Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM, GCE A-level equivalent). The first examinations will begin on Feb 22. Education director-general Habibah Abdul Rahim said that despite calls to do so, there would also be …

KUALA LUMPUR – More than 400,000 school leavers face the grim prospect of being unprepared for an already twice-delayed test that Malaysians believe could make or break their future, with half of the 2020 academic year in Malaysia massively disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Similar to the O-level exam in Singapore, Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) is still scheduled to …

Surprisingly, President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer allow the Department of Education to pilot face-to-face classes in January next year, amid increasing concerns about a new strain of coronavirus that experts fear will be more infectious than the first. Duterte said during a television meeting with his COVID-19 task force telling that he is calling back the order and he …

NANNING – The recent China-Asean education exhibition held in capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, has embraced the steadily increasing demand for smart educational equipment. The event set up seven showrooms with great variety of educational equipment for all ages as well as providing seminars and training services to participants. President of the Guangxi Educational Equipment Industry …

The Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) has been joined by three Thai cities, along with 52 other cities from 27 countries that will now become lifelong learning cities. As excellent models of how lifelong learning can become a practice by showing that successful strategies can promote the growth of inclusive, secure, stable and prosperous communities, Chachoengsao, Chiang Mai …