The Education Ministry has yet to make any decision to allow students to use the results of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) trial examination for admission into private colleges and universities.

Education Minister II Idris Jusoh said the ministry would continue to meet with the parties involved before making any decision.

“We want to take the middle path on this matter and hope to reach the best solution for all parties concerned,” he told reporters at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai in Johor Baru yesterday.

Earlier, Idris ( left ) officially opened an exhibition titled ‘Research Universities’ Success Series 4: Commercialisation Wealth Creation Through R&D’, at Sultan Hall Iskandar, UTM in Johor Baru.

Two days ago, Idris was reported as saying that the ministry had never allowed any private institutions to offer long term courses to SPM school leavers using the SPM trial examination results.

On the other hand he said, the results could only be used to apply for short-term courses such as music and English.

The ministry’s action in prohibiting the use of the focus results to gain entrance into pre-university and foundation programmes for the 2015 intake had raised the ire of parents in the country.

Idris said the rationale for the prohibition was to ensure that the courses offered were of high quality and in line with the standards set by the Malaysian Qualifying Agency (MQA).

- Bernama