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Lessons from Hat Yai

MY recent solo trip to Hat Yai in southern Thailand was inspired by Letters from Thailand by Botan, a novel exploring the immigrant experience and the complexities of identity and cultural integration.

Education

‘Release funds fast, direct to schools’

Maintenance funds must be directly disbursed to targeted schools, with an allocation specifically set aside to improve its infrastructure Funding for maintenance works under Budget 2025, said Malaysian Association for Education secretary Hamidi Mookkaiyah Abdullah, should be immediately channeled to the schools after the relevant authority has conducted the necessary inspections.

Education

‘Make M’sia global edu hub’

Budget 2025 must reflect a more substantial financial commitment to higher education in support of Malaysia’s transition to a high-income economy through sustainable digital development, says Vice-Chancellors’ Council for Private Universities chairman Prof Mushtak Al-Atabi.

Education

‘Align TVET with AI’

A continuous effort to reform Malaysia’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is important, says Prof Dr Razali Hassan from the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education.

Education

School holidays in 2025

SCHOOL will reopen in all states on Feb 17 next year and a day earlier in Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.

Education

UTAR student to rep nation at global tax challenge

LAM E VAINE of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) will represent Malaysia at the “EY Young Tax Professional of the Year (YTPY) 2024” international finals, where she will compete against national level winners from other countries in January next year.

Education

‘Let’s wear respect’

SOCIETY has its own perceptions and expectations on various subjects, including how people dress.

Education

Milestone for M’sia’s oldest varsity

A TOTAL of 5,210 new undergraduates for the 2024/2025 academic session marks the highest number of new students registered at Universiti Malaya (UM), the country’s oldest higher education institution.

Education

Phone breaks keep students focused, do better in tests

Phones can be useful tools in classrooms to remind students of deadlines and encourage exchanges between students and teachers. At the same time, they can be distracting; students report using their phones for non-academic purposes as often as 10 times a day. Thus, in many classrooms, phones are not allowed.

Education

Four records for four-year-old

CARTOONS captivate four-year-old Kaarthikeya Desigan, fondly known among his family as Kaarthi.

Education

300 varsity students vying to be Proton champ

TO drive innovation, national car manufacturer Proton recently launched its Business Case Study Challenge, attracting some 300 students from six selected public and private universities with strong engineering-related courses in Malaysia.

Education

A family affair

the Zhaiylkhan siblings – Alikhan, Alizhan, Zaragul and Zeregul – are now on record as Education Malaysia Global Services’ (EMGS) first international quadruplet student applicants to pursue their studies here.

Nation

717 schools upgraded, says MOE

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 717 out of 1,091 upgrading and reconstruction projects for dilapidated schools nationwide have been fully completed.

Education

What makes startups successful

LETTER FROM DR DAVID NGO CHEK LING Visiting chair professor in data science and AI Malaysia University of Science and Technology

Nation

Educators must embrace AI, says Saifuddin

JITRA: Education leaders and administrators must master new technologies, especially Artificial Intelligence (AI), to ensure they remain relevant and produce more competitive students, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Nation

Johor school off days to follow new weekend from Jan 1

PENGERANG: Public schools in Johor will have their official off days on Saturday and Sunday starting Jan 1 next year despite the current school term ending on Jan 18, says state education and information committee chairman Aznan Tamin.

Sabah & Sarawak

Sabah TYT offers lifeline to struggling UMS student

KOTA KINABALU: Support continues to pour in as Sabah Yang di-Pertua Ngeri, Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, steps in to ease the burden of Crisnanalina Jumis, a student from the poverty-stricken northern Pitas district.

Nation

Johor's academic calendar to shift to new weekend schedule in 2025

PETALING JAYA: The academic calendar for educational institutions in Johor will shift next year in line with Johor Regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim's decree that starting Jan 1, the state will revert to a Saturday-Sunday weekend.

Nation

UTP is Asean’s top private university

PETALING JAYA: Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) is now Asean’s top private university and the first Malaysian institution to break into the top 250 universities according to the Times Higher Education’s (THE) World University Rankings.

Sabah & Sarawak

Sabah student Elisha wins gold award in Queen's Commonwealth essay competition

KOTA KINABALU: Keningau Vocational College student Elisha Carmen Erick won the gold award in the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024 with her composition titled "A Letter to the Prime Minister”.