THE Education Ministry will automatically absorb 40% of students, who pass the PMR, into the science stream identified by the National Examination Board.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching said the process was adopted on the recommendations of a committee, which was established on Feb 9 last year, to identify ways to encourage more students to join the science field and to achieve the 60:40 ratio targeted in the technical science and art policy.
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