KUCHING: Sarawak’s standardised assessment for Year Six pupils commencing next year aims to provide an early evaluation of their learning progress, the state government revealed.

State Education, Innovation and Talent Development Minister Datuk Seri Roland Sagah said this is important not only for educators but also parents to see their children’s performance and where they need to improve.

“For us in Sarawak, we need to have some form of assessment as otherwise we will not know the level of education our children have. We cannot wait until Form Five because by then it will be quite late.

“The earlier we can have it, the better,” he told reporters here yesterday.

Sagah was commenting on the Education Ministry’s decision to abolish exam-oriented learning for students to reduce their stress levels.

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek told Parliament on Tuesday that the ministry’s approach was now focused on inquiry-based learning in tandem with exploration, experience and contextualisation for the holistic development of students.

Sagah said Sarawak’s Year Six assessment will be for the subjects of Mathematics, Science and English under the state’s dual language programme.

He said a committee comprising his ministry, Cambridge University Press and Assessment, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus and the state Education Department would make recommendations on the assessment.

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