Radzi denies School Based Assessment done in haste to replace UPSR, PT3

 

Radzi Jidin says education systems around the world are reducing focus on examinations to produce a more creative generation. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Claims that the implementation of the School Based Assessment (PBS) was made in haste to replace the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) and Form 3 Assessment (PT3) are not true, says education minister Radzi Jidin.

He said the PBS had been implemented since 2011 at the primary school level, and 2012 at the secondary school level.

“We have held engagement sessions involving many parties. In this context, we find that in every decision to be made, there will be constraints.

“If we were to wait for the situation to be perfect before going ahead and implementing it, then we just don’t know when we could start,” he said during the question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.

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He was responding to a supplementary question from Natrah Ismail (PH-Sekijang) on whether the implementation of PBS was done in haste.

Radzi said the PBS, aimed at evaluating the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical and social aspects of the student, was a move towards producing a new generation that was more creative and open.

He said the education system around the world was now reducing the focus on examinations to produce a more creative generation.

The PBS was one of the approaches by the education ministry to move from exam-oriented learning to a more enjoyable learning experience for students, he said.

Apart from that, the ministry would improve and strengthen the reporting method for classroom assessments on student achievement by having it twice a year – in the middle of the academic session and at the end of the academic session – using a comprehensive and clear descriptor.

The reporting would also assess the level of effort made by a student to learn, he said. - FMT