JASWINDER, a school principal from Kuala Lumpur, is disappointed that the Ministry of Education did not offer a scholarship to her top SPM student KAVEENA.
"I stared at the newpapers on the day of the announcement with disbelief when I found that my top student was not among the 30 offered scholarships," says JASWINDER.
"KAVEENA has a super-score of 14A+ and an A for her 1119 English Paper, making it a total of 15As," she says.
JASWINDER feels her student was marginalised because she is from a national private school.
She says the recognition is denied despite national private schools being subjected to the same syllabus as national government schools.
She adds that KAVEENA is also a Sukma athlete and a versatile student in other activities.
● A SPOKESMAN for the Education Ministry says there is no discrimination in KAVEENA'S case.
She says that KAVEENA'S rank in the overall national standings of SPM achievers is below the top 30 in the country and thus she was not awarded a scholarship.
She adds that the selection for scholarships is based on a merit system practised by the government.
"However, the Ministry will allow KAVEENA to request and check her standings among the top 255 SPM A+ achievers with the Director of the Malaysian Examinations Board.
-courtesy of The Malay Mail (click here to read the article and the readers' comments below, veryyyy interesting)
15A's also couldn't deserve a scholarship?
Who's to be blamed here? Is it the fact that the student is from a private school thus doesn't recognized to be one of the top 30 to be awarded a scholarship?
Or is because, I don't know, the top 30 students all got 16A's and above?
Oh wow budak-budak zaman sekarang semakin smart and genius.
Dah besar nanti jangan jadi penyangak sudehhhh v(^_^)v
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