JPA havoc 2011- mismatch of JPA scholarships.

Both China Press and Sin Chew Daily continued to highlight the plight of SPM scorers who failed to secure JPA scholarships, including a female student from Sitiawan who had been given by JPA a 'phantom course' which does not exist.
Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau both urged the government to take action against the JPA officials who are responsible for the mismatch of JPA scholarships to stop the problem from recurring.

Guan Eng: Act against JPA ‘Little Napoleans’

By Susan Loone | May 19, 11
Malaysiakini
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has condemned the Public Services Department (JPA) for failing to provide scholarships to deserving students, a mistake being continuously repeated.
Lim said the JPA, in disbursing its scholarships recently, ‘cannot get their act together’ as they failed to differentiate between top and second highest scorers.

He added that action must be taken against the “Little Napoleans” responsible for this mess up as these mistakes affected people’s lives.
“Either get new people to do the job, or get in a new DPM (Deputy Prime Minsiter, who is also the Education Minister),” Lim (left) said in Penang during a press conference after attending state agency InvestPenang’s, board meeting.
“What’s going on? It is such a simple matter but these mistakes create a lot of pain, anxiety and anguish for people,” he lamented.
The DAP national secretary-general also questioned the capability of the government to provide a first class civil service when it is prone to committing such mistakes.
For a first class civil service to exist, he added, the government must have in place “a good system, good ethics, especially in disbursing scholarships, and good team spirit”.
However, Lim said it appears as if these three important elements do not currently exist in the country’s administration.
He was quick to add that not all civil servants were problematic, as it was always a few bad apples which spoiled the reputation of others.
Mess driving away the best
“What we have instead is a complete mess, which creates anxiety, tears and drives away top students to other countries,” he said.
“These actions give a bad name to our civil service although not all civil servants are bad or made these mistakes,” he added.
Lim was referring to complaints by several students who were denied JPA awards despite scoring above 8As for their SPM exams.
Chinese language news dailies – Oriental Daily, China Press and Sin Chew Daily – have front-paged the mismatch of JPA scholarships.
Deputy Education Minister Wee Ka Siong complained that the best scholars had been offered only scholarships in local universities.

Unhealthy Growth of Medical Schools in M'sia Date: March 6, 2011 Source: New Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR - With too many medical schools, lack of teaching staff and insufficient training facilities, Malaysia is in danger of producing sub-standard medical graduates. Former director-general of health Tan Sri Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman said: "Too many medical schools have been allowed to be started in too short a time."

He said this could become a problem when the country produced thousands of doctors who may not be as good "as they could be".

"We don"t want numbers. We want quality: quality of medical schools, quality of medical graduates, quality of post-graduates. What we should be doing is working hard to make sure our medical schools are of international standard."

Commenting on the mushrooming of medical schools and the low quality of medical graduates, Dr Abu Bakar, who was D-G of health from 1991 to 2001, said the the authorities needed to consider the country"s health planning when setting up medical schools.

"During my time, we used to advise the Education Ministry (the authority for higher education before the setting up of the Higher Education Ministry) on the formation of new medical schools, based on the country"s health planning needs.

"There was coordination in terms of what was needed and what was the production capacity.

"For example, whenever there was a request for a medical school to be formed, the ministry would enquire which hospital would be used for training. The prospective universities would come to us and we would discuss with them what they were going to do.

"We allocated hospitals to them so that they had facilities for training and clinical experience. Without that, they could not go to the ministry to consider their application. They had to consult the ministry before it could get the approval.

"That was how it was when universities such as Sheffield, International Medical University and Monash set up their medical schools. It was difficult to get a medical school licence then. But now it appears that this link between the Health Ministry and the Higher Education Ministry in terms of manpower needs is not there."

Dr Abu Bakar, who is now IMU president, said co-ordination between the authorities was important, otherwise, the process of educating doctorswould not be done in a way that met the standards of local and foreign universities.

"Too many public universities are also being built too quickly and this is not healthy. There are too many housemen now, so supervising them can be difficult. And we worry they may not get adequate training."

He said producing 20-odd medical schools in fewer than 10 years did not make sense, adding that there was a need for the authorities to justify the existence of these schools through evidence-based decision making.

"At present, every state wants to have a medical school. But is there a need? Some don"t even have enough training hospitals."

Having too many medical schools also results in difficulties in recruiting academic staff, who are in short supply locally and abroad.

He said even IMU, which has been in the industry for 19 years, found it difficult to recruit the right staff, adding that although a doctor may be a specialist, he may not necessarily make a good academic.

"We need experienced people with academic management skills, curriculum planning, assessment, benchmarking and accreditation."

On the quality of students pursuing medical studies, Dr Abu Bakar said while good grades were important criteria for entry to medical schools, students should also have the aptitude and desire to serve the community.

"The essence of being a doctor is to serve. Just because you are a bright student doesn"t make you a good doctor.

"You must have other attributes such as being interested in people, the desire to help others, patience, and the independence of thinking and learning,"

He added that he had come across cases of intelligent students not doing well in their medical exams because of a lack of interest.

"Some students graduate but they don"t want to practise because they are not interested in medicine; they took it up only because of pressure from their parents."

Those intending to pursue medical studies, he added, should opt for local public and private medical schools, especially in terms of meeting the local needs, failing which they should consider medical schools in the Commonwealth countries or the United States, which have a similar healthcare system to Malaysia.

He advised them to avoid studying medicine in other countries where the healthcare system was different than that of Malaysia.

"If you send them to Russia or the Ukraine, they are trained to perform in the healthcare system of their host country, which is not similar to the system here. I have reservations about that. But that does not mean they cannot perform.

"And why do you need to send them to other places where they have to learn a different language? Why do you place such a huge burden on them? There are more than enough local programmes here for them."

Full A+ students of Penang - Congratulations

Bil	Nama Calon	Sekolah
1	Chow Chee Shoon	SMJK Chung Ling Butterworth
2	Aliaa Shafinas Bt Mohd Don	SMKA Al Irshad
3	Ang Yee Theng	SMJK (P) China Pulau Pinang
4	Chuah Ying Qi	SMJK Chung Ling Butterworth
5	Carmen Khoo Yi Lyn	SMK (P) Methodist
6	Amery Seow Su Yin	SMK (P) St George
7	Krystin Keh Xing Hui	SMK (P) St George
8	Pavitra A/P Ramakrishnan	SMK Convent Butterworth
9	Liew Mei Rin	SMK Convent Butterworth
10	Kwang Cheng Mun	SMK Convent Green Lane
11	Ooi Xing Ying	SMK Convent Green Lane
12	Azreennisa Bt Abdul Haleem	SMK Convent Lebuh Light
13	Dharishaanth A/L Siva Shanmugam	SMK Dato Onn
14	Nor Atiqah Bt Nor Khalid	SMK Kepala Batas
15	Kiren Raj A/L Jaikumar	SMK Methodist Nibong Tebal
16	Muhammad Sajid Nabiel Bin Waheed Rahman	SMK Penang Free
17	Liew Juan Kwong	SMK St Xavier
18	Mok Mun Jeng	SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam
19	Koh Su Ann	SMK (P) Methodist
20	Koay Wai Lean	SMK (P) Methodist
21	Tania Loke Suat Mei	SMK Bukit Jambul
22	Chelsea Khor Wen Phing	SMK Convent BM
23	Chuah Yun Fen	SMK Convent Green Lane
24	Lim Xin Yi	SMK Convent Green Lane
25	Vivian Teh Min Mi	SMK Convent Lebuh Light

Modular system for STPM 2012

Monday April 11, 2011

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/11/nation/8456797&sec=nation

PETALING JAYA: The introduction of a modular system for assessing the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malay­sia (STPM) examinations will begin next year, and not this year as originally scheduled.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the system would be based on three semesters and students would be evaluated at the end of each one.
“This will be similar to the system in place at universities to help students adjust to the sort of continuous assessment involved in tertiary study,” he said.
“Due to the logistics involved following the change, we will only start the modular system with Lower Six students next year.
“However, the content of the STPM syllabus will remain the same,” he told The Star yesterday.
In 2009, it was reported that the existing terminal system for STPM assessments would be replaced by a modular one in 2011.
Dr Wee added that the modular assessment would also include coursework and school-based projects.

8A+ another possible dream make possible for those who worked for it

An extra big 8 A+ confirm with PSD scholarship yesterday, a big hope for the young, ambitious girls and boys of SPM (2010).
A great news before mothers' day but will be announced only after mothers' day.  Good enough!
A hope for the parents who really need it.  Timely enough!
A hope for the young scorers.  Fair enough!
A hope to all of us that those brilliant ones are being rewarded disregard of race.  Thrilled enough!
A hope on this coming Monday!  We will see the magic and hope of 1 Malaysia for all of us, Malaysians!

Brain drain and Brain build problem in Malaysia!

BD & BB are serious problems we are facing in Malaysia!
In my opinion, of course!  Some might not agree with me or might be angered by the statements to be revealed as below!
Brain drain, as usual not a new issue, everybody knows some how as mentioned in news now and then.  So, the reasons behind its existence are really important as Malaysia is loosing all the brainy to our neighboring countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong and as far as Australia and etc as time passed.  Some people realised the importance of it, yet some still not realizing it!  Guess it needs some brainy people who are aware of its importance and urgency before it's getting worse!  How serious is it actually?  Well, when every year all the brainies are being pick up by other countries, what is left for Malaysia?  Not so brainy ones of course.  Sorry as it will offense someone out there!  But it is a fact, what you expect to happen though!  Nothing can be done?  Not really, it's just up to the administration group or politic groups to see what is wrong with Malaysia system and able to adjust back in time to save Malaysia.

Talk about BB or brain building, the one I created for Malaysia for not building the brainy.  So the effect will be the not so brainy educating the future generations, again what to expect of the outcome?  Of course, the not so brainy ones.  However, there is some source helping the BB, which is the tuition system but not all can and able to get it as need to fork out money.  Or else no brainy will be out at all!  

Educators should have certain qualities and not just another unwanted jobs or just accept any as long as they want, whether to fulfill the quota or just to dump some unbrainy type who fail in their studies!  How you expect a teacher who doesn't know the stuff he/she is teaching and with language problems to produce brainy ones?  It's just another impossible dream to build.  Of course, this does not mean that there are some of the good ones who are the brainy but it's sad to say that only a hand full.  Most of them are just, how to say, no place or no better job to hold, so end up in the teaching line.  It's a fact if you are in the teaching line itself!  You can see some teachers just don't know their subject well enough even after going through the degree level as they merely pass or made pass in the first place!  So, what to expect from them as they can't even understand or grab the knowledge and yet they are the future brain building engineers!  They even asked the students to find out from the tuition class, sound familiar?  Because it's very true and sad.  So, that's how the failure of brain building started and it's getting worse with the GSTT who are just being hire as they had no jobs and no skill and unwanted.  Schools dare not give them any important subjects to them except morals, health and PJ.  Money are spend for them, using who's money?  You know!
 .......................to be continued!

Heart of Education or unjustice heart

Talk about heart of education previously and getting some feedback about it from individuals involved.
It seemed that the heart just goes to the students and fabulous results only for individual interest.
Who else needed the heart?  Of course the teachers, as claimed to be the root of all the success, if not who else?  The head nor the students alone can be excellent on their own, can they?
Teachers felt they were being used to deliver what the head & companies wishes, and in return they omitted teachers' importance in terms of taking care of the teachers' promotions and not aware of teachers' hardship, teachers' wellness, and what ever in favor to teachers.
Their heart, ears and eyes are for the students only and them selves. 
So, heart of education is not just referring to how much teachers should put in towards their students, but they, teachers, as human being needed motivation, care and understanding, and most of all, a warm heart for their sacrifices from the head. 
Never talk about heart of education if one do not know how to take care his or her sacrifice teachers as they are the one to determine all the outcome, the flying colors results and the moral of students.
Guess there are actually two hearts in the education, one should goes to the teachers and the other one to the students.  Hope all the heads will get the message as taking care the heart of teachers will motivate teachers in putting their heart to the students as well.  All this will make a world a better place to live as love are for all and not meant for the students only. 
A question the head should realize, "Why the teachers are not putting their hearts towards their students?"
How many will realize this after all.  Loves to each other make a better place to live.  What about the heart of education, should it be from the teachers to the students only and what type of heart the head and admins towards them?  A cold heart or a warm heart? 

Looking for scholarships?

It's time looking for scholarships now in newspaper whether you are STPM or SPM leavers.
Came across recently a few from NUS, Genting, Star Publications and colleges(get newspaper).
Get ready necessary documents as needed especially letters of recommendation from your teachers(refer to the requirement in the scholarships advertisement).
This is time to:
Make up your mind what you really want to be or pursued. 
Open up more options and not stick to one and only dream.
Listen to some of the talk according to your options as to get some ideas what to know and need to do.
Get information from the counter with the courses you wish to pursue as you will expose to all types of options, the financial needed, what you will encounter and how long, rather than just waiting hopefully to get the scholarships alone which might disappoint depending much on the very extremely super results obtained.
The information will be very helpful even if you are offer scholarship to do it as you will know what to encounter?(visit the big education fair such as in PISA and KL for more info and focus or will be confused)
But beware of:
The promises some made which have hidden agenda;
How good everything seemed to be but actually not;
What your parents thinking and ability or suggestions;
Follow your interest and not your friends, it's time to fly separately towards your dreams and not stick to your friends' dream instead;
Always remember:
There are lots of options out there and this is one of the important decisions you need to make to be what you wanted to be in future, so think carefully and patiently;
What you have learn might not be what you will be later.
You will be enjoying what you like to learn than forcing to learn something you don't like.
Even if you did, you can always change, just needed more time than others(never too old to learn).
Your parents might or might not involved but you are really lucky if they did.  It's alright if they are not as you can always join others as another option.
There was a saying:
Roads are created by man, never give up trying easily.
Guess it's another part of our lives needed to go through!
Best Wishes!

Year of Rabbit or Year of disaster?

At first, was the welcome of the new year 2011, followed by the Rabbit year.
Then we have positive, encouraging year ahead in markets until the Egypt political  dilemma, followed by Libya.....never ending drama!

Next, not long we see how the disaster unfold in Japan which create fear all over the world just similar to the film of 2012 where world almost came to the end.


Then we have the giant moon moving near to our earth which also created some worries, but was over and nothing happen.  We are still fear of nuclear plant effect not in Japan but the goods as well.
What next?
Heard about the May 2011 and December 2012 which will be another blow to the people and the earth?

What can we do about it?  Nothing at all.  Pray and hope......life still go on as usual whether it happen or not.
Some positive comment earth will live for many years ahead, not as predicted as mentioned above.

What we can be is to be aware of the damages we did before and do at least some correction to it before it became worst.  Even though we can't really change much as everyone is working for better life they dream.We might not able to save it but will face the end of our world one day.

What else?  Some planning to enjoy more by joining the tours and spending more time with family members which I think are some of the positive out of the negative impact.
Some see life unpredictable and unsure of the safety any more in our earth and start to think of what type of damages done so far.

I see it as part of the life we needed to face due to our own doings for modernization and to have better lives in our beautiful planet after all. 

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Financial scandal since 2000

Enron2001

Globalcrossing2002
World.com2002
Worldcom2

Tyco2002           Parmalat 2003            AIG2004            Anglo Irish Bank Ireland2008
Satyamcomputer2009


Lehman Brothers2010

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My Father

Not really like to talk about him as still feel the sadness over his death recently.
Another not so good reason for not writing for so long, the worse as not getting the mood to do it yet.
Guess it's right time to do it and I am picking up again to continue what I like and having found a new direction of what to do after a few weeks resting.

However, this need to be done, to be part of my or our memory towards our parents at least.
Used to travel back during holidays to visit both and guessed that's the least we can do as children, to be with them.  That was the months before July this year....thinking of him and the usual days of what he did.
He loved to go Genting and I had managed to bring him a few times.  I knew he was quite happy but not mum as his hobby was once a disaster during their time.  He also loved seafood especially prawns.  Still remember him sitting on one the favorite sofa with some cushion below for comfort and can't really figure out his thinking. He also loved all the spicy stuff such as the black noodles (KL Hockien mee)  and curry of course or spicy nasi lemak.  Other type of food are such as 'pan mee' and 'loh mee'.  Besides, he loved watching 'bao kong' the black face but justice judge and of course 4D and toto or anything betting as long as he had some $.
The memory of having dinner with them at a shop under a tree, that's how we called it till now. It's not easy at all to not thinking about it some how and under control.  That was when everything is all right.  They went in and out of the hospital just like taking their turns quite often then.  They still wish they could be visiting some place, someone and doing something when they were young once together, how romantic!
It is always not easy to start a conversation with him as he tend to keep to himself.  And you need to be careful with the words so as not to create anger in him over unnecessary issues. 
I found learning so much around them not to mention the type of disease, medicine, palliative care and support, oxygen tank sources, nurses at home, doctors, different opinion on type of food to take for recovery and lots more in just barely two months plus even though we are learning all the time before the worst started off.
To see someone dear going off is not an easy task as we are so closed to them, hoping to help and yet they left us after all the suffering.  We need to see him suffering, either more or less and hardly able to do anything except to pray for miracles.  We saw what he still wish he could do and was so hopeful but we know the truth.  He was blur on his condition and frustrated as can't do much about it.  He was angry with the medicine that are hard to swallow for so many times a day and the tasteless food that was hoping to help him which did not.  We are lost at what to do best and how to do it.  Lots of plan but don't really know which was the best.
Seeing him provokes all that and knowing this will be one of the ways some of us will need to go through.
I don't really know how this experience have change the way I look at myself and my life but I know what I want to do when I can do so.  I went through once the painful experience with my grandmother but the feeling was so different.
They say, live each day like it's your last which is true of course. You need to get everything ready such as the will, your precious gems to be divided and etc especially when you have children or even if you don't have.  What about other dreams that you wanted to do it?  That triggers one's thinking in appreciating the breath that still functioning, our movements and freedom now before everything shutting off slowly. 
Some how, some day, everyone will need to go through the pain of losing the dear ones.  I just did and life still need to go on and hope for the best for all the human beings out there.  It is indeed one of the challenges we need to face whether we like it or not.  Do you agree with me? 
Do respect and love your love ones especially your parents before it is too late to do so!

STPM trial 2010

Refer to joshuatly
Melaka
Sabah
Klang Sel
WPersekutuan
Perak
Penang  

or direct download fast as I had changed the format into smaller  (thanks the source - cg Narzuki)

Melaka 1 Ans  2 Ans       N9 1 Ans  2  Ans           PerakGG  1  Ans   2  Ans   
Pahang 1 Ans  2  Ans        Johor  1  Ans   2 Ans    Perak   1  Ans    2  Ans

Latest SPM trial papers with answers

Refer to Ch'ng tuition or Joshuatly for more
Selangor       Perak         Johor          Melaka              SBP           Perlis

AddMaths
Johor          Kedah          Kelantan         Mahsa        N9        PerakGG1  GG2   GG3 

Perlis          SBP             Trengganu

Physics

Johor          Kedah          Kelantan         Mahsa        N9        Perak


Perlis          SBP             Trengganu       Sabah

Chemistry

Johor          Kedah          Kelantan         Mahsa        N9        Perak


Perlis          SBP             Trengganu

B Cina

Johor 1  2     LMS    LMS1       SPM setara  1    F5 1  2  Trengganu2    1

SPM trial papers 2010

Johor
Bio1  2  3    Phy 1  2  3     Chemistry 1  2  3   BM1  2  3     BI 1  2     AddMaths 1  2     Sej 1  2     Maths  1  2
PAkaun 1  2

Kelantan
Bio 1  2   3     Phy 1  2  3    Chemistry 1  2  3    BM 1  2      BI 1 2    AddMaths1 2      Sej      Maths 1  2
Sej 1  2


Trengganu
Bio 1  2  3     Phy 1  2  3    Chemistry     BM 1  2      BI 1  2    AddMaths 1  2      Sej 1  2      Maths 1  2
P.Islam 1  2   Sci 1  2

Melaka 
Phy     Chemistry     BM      BI     AddMaths      Sej      Maths

SBP
Bio     Phy 1  2  3     Chemistry 1  2  3     BM 1  2      BI 1    AddMaths 1  2      Sej  1  2    Maths 1  2
Est 1  2

PMR trial papers 2010

SCISabah       SCIKedah       SCIMelaka       SCISbt      SCITrengganu       SCIPerak

KHBTrengganu   KHBSarawak    KHBKedah   KHBSabah

MathsPahang      MathsPerak        MathsKedah      MathsMelaka     MathsSBP   MathsTrengg

Geo

Sej

BM

BI

BC

STPM trial exam previous year

Please go to the Blog archive on 2009 October on your right.

SPM 2010 mid year test

Prinsip Perakaunan
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Add Maths
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Biology
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 3, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Chemistry
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 3, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
BM
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu

SOALAN PERCUBAAN SPM 2009

Melaka

Melaka Paper 1, Skema Paper 1

Melaka Paper 2, Skema Paper 2

Melaka Paper 3, Skema Paper 3

Kedah

Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 , Marking Scheme

Trengganu

Paper 2,3 and Marking Scheme

Pahang

Paper 1,2,3 and Marking Scheme

Johor

Paper 1,2,3, and Marking Scheme

Perlis

Paper 1,2,3 and Marking Scheme

Kelantan

Paper 1,2,3 and Marking Scheme
Or go to Blog Archive on the right under 2009 Oct for more papers.