All children should be allowed to start formal schooling at the age of six

THE requirement of the Education Ministry for five-year-olds to undergo diagnostic assessment to determine their readiness for entry into Year One would have generated life-long psychological problems in the children.

Hence, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's decision to agree to scrapping the test was indeed wise.

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