Biting the Bullet?

Winds of Change?

Perhaps this may be the first time that the denial syndrome of our awful education performance viz-a -viz other nations has been put aside. There is an indication that the winds may be changing.

There is also a vindication of our DPM and Education Minister that our heads cannot forever remain deep in the ground of feign ignorance.

It has come to pass. Muhyiddin at once admitted that he was shocked with the poor performance of Malaysian students in international assessment tests, despite the tons of money we have spent on education.

If, in the past, he has praised the system, today he has courageously called 'a spade a spade'.

Reports of assessment like Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) showed that the performance of Malaysian students were consistently not up to par.

Even though, our students on the surface appeared 'smart' as testified by our education system, sadly when they are asked to perform in international assessments, they failed to show that prowess. In such international assessments, Malaysian students lagged in the bottom one-third.

The Education Minister seems to have accepted the reality that something is not right with our students particularly the system that has cultured them.

In his speech today at a school in Shah Alam, though he believes that our education standards seemed alright, it is certainly not good enough.

The education system of Malaysia have seen more brickbats than accolades in international comparisons.

According to Pisa's 2012 results, Malaysian students scored below average and ranked 52 out of the 65 countries. In contrast, students in Vietnam ranked 17 out of 65.

– March 13, 2015.

The Positive Truth

Innocence

  Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life 
  Never ask for a lighter rain
  Just pray to God for a better umbrella.
  That is the attitude!

   Life is not about finding the right person
   But creating the right relationship.
   It's not how we care in the beginning
   But how much we care till the very end.

   Some people always throw stones in your path
   It depends on what you make with them
   A Wall or a Bridge?
   Remember you are the architect of your life.

   Search for a good heart
   But don't search for a beautiful face
   Because beautiful things are not always good
   But good things are always beautiful.

   It’s not important to hold all the good cards in life
   But it’s important how well you play with the cards you hold.

  Often when we lose all hope & think this is the end
  Remember God and pray
  It’s just a bend, not the end. 
  Have faith and have a successful life.

 One of the basic differences between God and humans is
 God gives, gives and forgives.
 But human gets, gets, gets and forgets.
 Be thankful in life.

 If you think it is your alarm clock that woke you up this morning
 Try putting it beside a dead body
 And you will realise that it is by the Grace of God
 That woke you up.