Minister: Education curriculum on par with Singapore, Japan

PARLIAMENT | Malaysia’s curriculum is comparable to its neighbouring countries such as Singapore and Japan, said Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek.

This was based on a comparative study the ministry conducted which also involved comparing Malaysia’s curriculum to that of Australia, the United Kingdom and Finland, she explained. 

“The findings showed that the school curriculum in Malaysia is comparable to the curriculum of the other countries,” she said in a written parliamentary reply yesterday.

Fadhlina (above), who is the Nibong Tebal MP, was responding to a question by Sri Gading MP Aminodhuda Hassan who had asked about the ministry’s action on the discrepancy of Level 1 curriculum with...