Read news that the Education department just try to make Form 6 more appealing. The news is in Mandarin from Sin Chew: http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/237419?tid=1
They are divvying up the 1.5 year program (of course they didn’t count when you need to wait for results) into 3 semesters. This new idea will be first implemented for those students who will start Form 6 in 2012. The 6th Formers will now be tested with what they learnt each semester instead of a do-or-die exam at the end. University entrance will be based on average marks for the 3 semesters.
Will it be more attractive to get more students to join Form 6? Personal opinion is not likely. Those who will take Form 6 will continue to do so. Those who didn’t choose it will not. For the problem is not only the exam. It’s the syllabus is not work-place friendly, it doesn’t do anything for those with STPM certificate. What does it say except it’s in the transition between high school and university. STPM is equivalent to A-Levels which Singaporeans and British are doing at earlier age than Malaysians.
It’s not a professional diploma where you can get out and bang on doors for employment after completing studies. My children, most probably will not take STPM. I went through this path, due to family limitation. However even how limited we are, we will send the children to college, TARC or local college and do a program they are interested. Being too studious in nature, the STPM is no longer appealing except the ones who has the confidence to ‘gamble’. After all, results which are average in STPM will get you nowhere. But if you have at least a diploma, there is still a chance of getting employed (still possible? Or unlikely in this time?). Shows employers you are serious in the chosen field with more emphasis on real-life application, you know.
No comments:
Post a Comment