Shift from exams to holistic learning helps reduce pressure on students, says Fadhlina


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KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry's decision to abolish examination-oriented learning for school students is aimed at reducing their stress, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek (pic) said the ministry's approach now was to ensure that the focus of learning in schools is based on inquiry, exploration, experience, contextualisation and assessment that fully looks at the holistic development of students.

"This classroom assessment will provide a better benchmark, especially to assess children more holistically (in terms of) classroom, physical, sports and curriculum assessment components as well as psychometrics and student tendencies.

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"The approach we are taking is to ensure that there is no longer a focus on examinations and to reduce their (students') stress, but rather to offer a more interesting learning ecosystem," she said during Minister Question Time on Tuesday (Nov 26).

Tan Kar Hing (PH-Gopeng) had asked if the ministry was prepared to review the school curriculum to reduce academic stress among students. – Bernama

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