‘UPSR, PT3 eased me into SPM’


Li Zhen: There definitely needs to be a balance between written examinations and skills-based assessments.

I CONFESS; I was among those who grumbled about the abolishment of the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) and the Form Three Assessment (PT3) in 2021 and 2022, respectively. I felt it wasn’t fair.

As part of the first batch of students introduced to the Primary School Standard Curriculum (KSSR) in 2011 and the Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM) in 2017, my peers and I went through turbulent changes.

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