Hi all

first time here.

I am still in school. My final year in STPM.

I would agree fyire that it's not education that is the problem but how it is carried out. Personally my experience is that it really depends on us. Creativity comes in a lot of forms. Some would prefer the stereotype view of a creative persons as someone that is artsy and talented in crafts, music, literature etc. But some (i think most of us) will feel that it is more than that.

Creativity involves a lot more. Creative in solving hard mathematics puzzles is one. Thinking out of the box for certain questions of Biology, Chemistry and Physics is one way to develop creativity. Not that many do that now. Most will oft for copying and referring rather than sitting down and slowly think about these things.

It truly depends on how education is carried out.
like one of my teachers that give hard brain-twisting questions that arise from simple concepts, all we need to do is to use and link those concepts creatively. That's training. That's nurturing.

But not all are lucky to have dedicated teachers.