Then and now: Star-NiE’s first-ever cover in 1997 (left) and a cover of a 2020 issue.
IT’S no secret that students who use the newspaper as an educational resource score higher on standardised tests, develop the habit of lifelong reading and are more likely to become engaged citizens.
Visionary Malaysian educationists and corporate sponsors who have tried and tested this methodology of teaching with The Star is the reason why The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education (Star-NiE) programme, which took off in 1997, has withstood the test of time.
