EVERY YEAR, students who score straight As in the SPM and STPM exams dominate the news. However, this obsession with academic results have led many to question our education system, including Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.
Some argue that paper-based examinations favoured in Malaysia only test the students’ abilities to memorise a subject rather than their thinking ability. They also put undue pressure on students as public examinations have become the be-all and end-all.