THE Malaysian education system has adopted a new paradigm with the introduction of the Standard Curriculum for Primary Schools (KSSR). The intention was extremely noble – to diversify the method of assessment to gauge the progress of our students. It also wanted to include questions deemed “higher order thinking” in order to produce Malaysian students who are able to apply their syllabus in a wide range of settings.
One could argue that our education system has been tailored to fit into the method of assessment used by an international assessment body such as Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa).
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