COMMENT | Last week, a Malaysian student from SMK Convent Kajang bravely questioned why her achievement at an international event was not recognised by the government.

She asked why, after emerging as best delegate at a Model United Nations conference, she was not recognised under the Education Ministry’s Psychometric Assessment and Assessment of Physical Activity Co-curriculum (PAJSK) co-curricular system.

Her voice sparked a national conversation. And as someone who has spent years organising youth development programmes across the country, I feel compelled to echo her concern...