Look before we leap on CATs

I REFER to the recent reports on the Cambridge Accessible Tests (CATs) published in The Star. CATs is now aggressively promoted by the Cam­bridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust (CEMDT) whose chairman is Tun Ahmad Sarji.

Although labelled inappropriately as an assessment device, the programme is more of an online learning platform that will be used by the Education Ministry as one of the initiatives to improve the standard of English in Malaysia.