Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...l-paper-format/

PETALING JAYA: SPM students, teachers and parents were in for a shock when the moral studies format was changed at the last-minute and without prior notice.

Many who sat for the paper this morning took to social networking site Facebook to express their unhappiness.

One male student said that the format was changed at the last minute because “the candidates are non-Malays”.

Asked to elaborate, he said the questions were markedly different unlike previous years. The least the Education Ministry could have done, he added, was to inform the students beforehand.

Another said that the format was changed without the knowledge of teachers and students.

“We didn’t know how to answer and what exactly was to be answered in the essay section. So, most of were left clueless,” she said.

Moral studies is a required subject for non-Muslim students while Muslim students are required to take the Islamic studies. Moral appreciation aside, the subject is considered as an easy one to pass and also to score an extra A.

Another student said that in the past two years, students were told that they only needed to memorise the 36 moral values and answer accordingly during the exam.

The 36 values are divided and categorised into seven major fields – self-development, family, nature, patriotism, human rights, democracy and peace and harmony.

Thus, the change in format without prior notice has baffled students and teachers.

“This time the questions were not clear and we were required to answer in a critical manner. I’m just surprised it was changed without proper notice,” she said.
Meanwhile Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli when met at Parliament said the problem was symptomatic of the fragile race relations in the country.

“People do not trust the system and the government. The majority have long felt that the subject (Moral studies) only serves to penalize them (non-Malays).

“There is a need to re-look at the education system because it only serves to further divide the society,” he said.

This post has been edited by leetan33: Nov 20 2013, 02:18 PM

Moral not objective only meh?

last time ayam answer according to homemade-eraser-dice and score A

This incident highlighted the main issue of Malaysia education

Memorize format to pass exam only

Change format = all die

Agree

It's already in subjective form during my years, but I'm not sure how does the new format look like.

sikit sikit kecoh

so whats the question like?

malas belajar pun nak blame kerajaan jugak ke?

when it first came out in 1993 spm, moral was mix of objective, subjective and essay. write until hand also wanna patah.

Yeah, that's why we need quota

how much for this dice?

change format all die or tips all bengkok so all die??

uncle spotted

You had it easy. Mine was subjective. And the answer is fixed... if you salah nilai, consider the whole question as 0.

there's no such thing anymore...my year its all about writing and memorizing

I don't think we can blame it on the students, the teachers and government had been teaching them to memorize = excel.

Suddenly, the government who set this memorize = excel mentality wants to change to be more liberal exam.

lol racist tahap dewa



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This post has been edited by Songlap: Nov 20 2013, 04:43 PM

memorize and puke it out

That's why I strongly support Chinese school they are not as idiotic & flip flop as gomen school.

huh? how old are you.

got 2 paper. objective and subjective. then got practical project somemore sial.