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School-based assessment to address dropout problem: DPM

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:51 PM PDT

School-based assessment to address dropout problem: DPM

BANGI: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is confident that dropout problems can be addressed through the implementation of the school-based assessment system, particularly in enhancing the students' reading, writing, arithmetic and reasoning skills.

Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, said the implementation of the system was an important move towards putting in place a systematic assessment of students' abilities.

The system is an improvement to the Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination-based assessment system. It will be implemented from Year 1 and Form One starting next year.

"This is in line with the concept that no child will be left behind, similar to those being practised in the United States where standard-based education system is in place and tailored towards continuous learning improvement.

"Through information collected during the assessment process, teachers and the school will be able to give constructive feedback and take follow-up steps to ensure students are able to work on overcoming their weaknesses," he said when launching a book on the school-based assessment system at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seksyen 7, here today. - BERNAMA

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Kindie hostages rescued<br>Suspect shot by police in five-hour drama

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:05 PM PDT

2011/07/08
By Jassmine Shadiqe and Rizalman Hammim
news@nst.com.my

MUAR: Thirty toddlers and kids were oblivious to the danger they were in at a kindergarten here yesterday.

For five hours, their lives were at the mercy of a serial child assailant, who had taken them and their four teachers hostage. He had hammered children in at least two previous cases.

When police stormed their double-storey kindergarten to end the hostage crisis by shooting the assailant, the children were calm as day.

For them, it was just another day at the kindie.

But outside, it was highoctane drama with parents sobbing and police snipers on rooftops.

The incident came to a happy ending after a note thrown out by a teacher gave police the break to end the siege.

Loi Hui Chung, 40, was shot in the head by police commandos, who stormed the kindergarten.

He later died at the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital.

The incident at Serikids Kindergarten began at 10am when Loi climbed over the fence of the compound in Taman Cemerlang II.

There were no security guards at the kindergarten, which has been operating for three years.

Loi was armed with a hammer, a parang and table stapler.

He also brought a padlock that was used to secure the front grille. Johor deputy police chief Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said Loi herded all the children and four women teachers into a room upstairs.

He also made several demands, including for a pistol, but when police negotiators told him to come out to take the weapon, he refused.

Police snipers had stationed themselves in surrounding buildings. Among the hostage-taker's demands was a meeting with the prime minister and home minister.

Police brought in the suspect's siblings and an uncle to persuade him to release the hostages and surrender, but the move failed.

After more than four hours, police got a break when one of the teachers wrote a note, alerting police that they were fine, and threw it out of a window.

When an officer climbed onto the second floor and perched outside a window of the room where the hostages were held, he noticed that Loi was missing.

The officer signalled to a teacher to lock the room from the inside and jam a chair against the doorknob.

Meanwhile, police commandos from the Special Action Unit made their way into the building.

While the commandos were going upstairs, Loi turned up with a fire extinguisher and attacked them. One of them fired a shot which hit Loi in the head.

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Khamis, 7 Julai 2011