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Samsengs assault ‘Occupy Dataran’ students

 Education and students' rights, Police  21 Responses »
Apr 192012
 

A group of about 30-60 thugs assaulted some of the 20-50 students who were camping out at Dataran Merdeka and tore down their tents at 2.36am today.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 5.12pm  Tagged with: Occupy Dataran, PTPTN loans, thugs

Students’ Occupy Dataran protest enters Day 3

 Democracy, Education and students' rights  32 Responses »
Apr 162012
 

A group of some 30 students are determined to continue their Occupy Dataran Merdeka protest against burdensome study loans.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 3.39pm  Tagged with: Dataran Merdeka, PTPTN, students, study loans

10803 ‘geniuses’ running around, but …

 Education and students' rights  39 Responses »
Apr 022012
 
10803 'geniuses' running around, but ...

At last year’s SPM exams, 10803 pupils scored straight As, with 559 of them chalking up A+ grades in all subjects. With so many geniuses in the country, why are we in such deep … (fill in the blank)?

 Posted by Anil Netto at 12.20am  Tagged with: academic, schools, SPM, TIMMS

Backlash hits Curtin U after ‘Dr Rosmah’ award (updated)

 Education and students' rights  42 Responses »
Feb 172012
 
Backlash hits Curtin U after 'Dr Rosmah' award (updated)

Update (17 February 2012): Curtin University never for a moment anticipated the ferocity of the backlash from Malaysians when it awarded a ‘honorary doctorate’ to Rosmah.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 10.25pm  Tagged with: Curtin University, sarawak

English in schools and the class divide

 Education and students' rights  20 Responses »
Feb 172012
 

The deterioration in the standard of the English language is entrenching the income divide between wealthier Malaysians, who have access to an education in the English language and hence to wider opportunities, and lower-income Malaysians, who are denied such access.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 10.45am  Tagged with: english, PPSMI, schools
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