Education and Social Policy

Education and Social Policy
Growing weaker kids with early exposure to gadgets?

Early introduction and unrestrained use of gadgets may undermine virtues such patience and delayed gratification - counter-productive in preparing for what real life entails.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Bahasa Melayu
Never underestimate TVET and STEM in producing skilled talents

Workforce needs to be provided with suitable education and skills to ensure they are not at risk of displacement.
By Sofea Azahar

4 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Does Malaysia have enough talents to be a high-tech nation?

Declining uptake of technical courses and STEM subjects would lead to a severe mismatch in the supply of talents needed for Malaysia to thrive as it undergoes a digital transformation and embraces 4IR.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Bahasa Melayu
Well-executed initiatives key to empower B40, minorities

It's not enough to create programmes to aid the groups, but proper management of funds vital for success.
By Sofea Azahar

4 years ago
Economy and Finance
Helping PTPTN borrowers to sail through hard times

Prolonging the deferment should not be a sustainable solution to helping borrowers, there needs to be job creations at the same time.
By Sofea Azahar

5 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Enhancing computational thinking and STEM education

Computational thinking skills are required to solve many quantitative and data-centric problems, and to solve problems in the real world.
By Farhan Kamarulzaman

5 years ago
Bahasa Melayu
Managing the brunt of long-standing youth unemployment

There is an urgent need to address the needs of the vulnerable youngsters worsened by this crisis because youth are the future human capital.
By Sofea Azahar

5 years ago
Economy and Finance
Absence of international students like a tsunami hitting university sector

What you might not know is, a university functions as a small city, where some of them are highly dependent on the revenue from the international student populations.
By Nurafifah Suhaimi

5 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Going for the new normal in education

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to education despite the difficult time.
By Sofea Azahar

5 years ago
Domestic Policy
Flattening the curve – the Malaysian Model?

There must be some fine balance between lockdown and economic death.
By Jamari Mohtar

5 years ago

Early introduction and unrestrained use of gadgets may undermine virtues such patience and delayed gratification - counter-productive in preparing for what real life entails.

Workforce needs to be provided with suitable education and skills to ensure they are not at risk of displacement.

Declining uptake of technical courses and STEM subjects would lead to a severe mismatch in the supply of talents needed for Malaysia to thrive as it undergoes a digital transformation and embraces 4IR.

It's not enough to create programmes to aid the groups, but proper management of funds vital for success.

Prolonging the deferment should not be a sustainable solution to helping borrowers, there needs to be job creations at the same time.

Computational thinking skills are required to solve many quantitative and data-centric problems, and to solve problems in the real world.

There is an urgent need to address the needs of the vulnerable youngsters worsened by this crisis because youth are the future human capital.

What you might not know is, a university functions as a small city, where some of them are highly dependent on the revenue from the international student populations.

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to education despite the difficult time.

There must be some fine balance between lockdown and economic death.