Are we a nation that doesn’t know how to recognise genius?


IS Malaysia failing its brightest children? This uncomfortable question was reignited recently after a news portal published a letter by a parent of a student in a Permata Pintar school.

(The Permata Pintar programme was established to identify and develop the potential of gifted and talented students.)

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