About 5% of primary school pupils still unable to master 3M skills, says Fadhlina


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KUALA LUMPUR: About 5.65% of pupils who are in Year Two and Year Six, are still unable to master the basic literacy skills of reading, writing and counting, said Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek (pic).

“The Education Ministry has realised that the Covid-19 pandemic had impacted studies as students could not attend physical classes,” she said in a parliamentary written reply dated March 6.

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