Education minister: UEC task force final report in July
The final report by the task force set up to study recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) will be submitted to the ministry of education in July before being submitted to the cabinet.
In announcing this, Education Minister Maszlee Malik said the task force's responsibility will be to enable the issue of the recognition to be looked at from a wider and more comprehensive angle.
The final report by the task force set up to study recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) will be submitted to the ministry of education in July before being submitted to the cabinet.
In announcing this, Education Minister Maszlee Malik said the task force's responsibility will be to enable the issue of the recognition to be looked at from a wider and more comprehensive angle.
"This task force was set up for us to get out of the purely political nuances. In the past, the UEC issue had always been discussed in the framework of politics and education," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.
"However, actually it is related to economics, issues of survival of our country, cultural issues, identity issues and the relationship among the different communities," he added.
Meanwhile, the task force's president, Eddin Khoo (above), told the media the task force had met 46 individuals and organisations including academicians over the past few months in order to collect different views.
Among others, he said they had also met with representatives from Umno, PAS and NGO Isma (Malaysian Muslim Solidarity).
"This is not just an educational issue, it is a national issue. There were many other related issues raised, such as the issue of educational democracy, the freedom of parents' education choice for their children and so on," said Khoo.
"We will also actively collect grassroots' opinions and we will also hold a youth forum to collect their views. All the findings will be included in the final report which will be submitted in July. We hope to present a complete and comprehensive report then," he said.
Khoo also said the task force would look into the UEC curriculum to be included in the final report.
Maszlee announced the setting up of the task force on the recognition of UEC on Oct 29 last year during a question and answer session in Parliament.
The task force comprises three members, the other two being Abim president Mohamad Raimi Abdul Rahim and Dong Zong deputy president Tan Yew Sing.
Asked whether the final report would be made public. Khoo said this was his wish.
"I would like the report to be published. That would be my wish, but that will depend on the cabinet. I would like for it to be published because the report is actually beyond just the UEC."
"It looks at the very serious issue of education as a whole and will take into account the process of education over the past thirty years.
It will also contain the views of people who have not been able to influence education directly. This report will provide an opportunity for them to express their views."
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