‘Say yes to after-school activities’

THE focus on rote learning and centralised examinations was one of the key concerns about the Malaysian education system, particularly its effect on producing creative thinkers.

While the scrapping of the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and the Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) at the primary and lower secondary levels, in 2021 and 2022, respectively, was a step in the right direction, there is a need to encourage extracurricular activities in and outside of school, if we are to produce global citizens able to thrive in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world.