KUCHING (May 1): Sarawak is set to implement the Cambridge assessment for Year 6 students this coming October, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.

The initiative, approved by the federal Ministry of Education through the state Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development (MEITD), aims to enhance English proficiency among students while maintaining a strong emphasis on Bahasa Malaysia.

“This is not about neglecting our national language. It is about preparing our children to be globally competitive while remaining rooted in our national identity,” said the Premier.

He was speaking in London after witnessing the signing of an agreement between the Sarawak government and Cambridge University Press and Assessment (CUPA), which will serve as the official assessing and qualifying body for the Cambridge assessment in Sarawak.

Following this ceremony, CUPA will be the assessing and qualifying body for the state’s Cambridge assessment, said a Sarawakku report today.

In recalling the era where Senior Cambridge Certificate (SC) and Higher School Certificate (HSC) had been the standards of educational qualifications for Sarawak prior to the implementation of the national education policy, he said many Sarawakians today are the products of these examinations.

In a post-ceremony media conference, the premier said the assessment would be administered by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak.

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Why Sarawak always want to be different than us? Cannot stay together as Malaysia? Different airline, different education system, what's next!! Enough!

so when Sarawakians in Malaya going back Sarawak to work?

when they start offering more jobs with 20k salary

if want like that, then should go all way.. sarawak resident need to apply some permit to long term stay in peninsular.. see how that goes..

Agree. Smart people can never want to be lead by stupid people one.

long term stay does not mean work in big company.. seem like you never heard of self employed, business owner or even just suka suka stay in here for 1 year..

Of course it is on par, coz you need employer to do the permit and staff from peninsular, which only big company are willing to do. which is not the same for reverse, i.e sarawakian working in penisular..

Certain political doctrine called for people to be poor and poorly educated so elites could manipulate them.

Untunglah Sarawakians ever since that old guy was gone. So many improvements since then.

wayang kulit je

DAP supporters say this is why it is stupid to vote for GPS. Spending so much money unnecessarily must be the reason why LGE says Sarawak will go bankrupt in 3 years.