Education system still wanting


THE recently released World Bank report titled “Bending Bamboo Shoots: Strengthening Foundation Skills”, should be a wake-up call to the present administration on the need to take quick action to improve our education system.

“With Malaysia aspiring to become a high-income economy, it will need to prioritise improving human capital outcomes to match those of high-income countries,” notes the report.

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