These days towards the end of 1st term schooling year, many schools had their students assessment result known. I received a phone-call from a friend who told me that his 6yo son in kindergarten scored 100% marks in most of the papers tested. I was speechless as to whether I should congratulate or praise him [...]

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Why do we educate ourselves? Why do parents spend so much money giving their children and education? Why is there so much emphasis on the acquisition of a degree? The only answer you get is “to get a good job so that you earn lots of money”. But is this happening? Are our kids getting [...]

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Monitoring your child’s TV Viewing
• Limit the amount of TV your child watches. More than two hours a day is too much. To make it seem to your child that he’s watching more — and to keep his little brain from going on autopilot as he watches — break up viewing into ten- to 15-minute [...]

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Computer literacy has become essential in helping people of all ages go further in their education and career. SEGI University College vice-chancellor Prof Dr Muhamad Awang said being computer-literate had become unavoidable with people being increasingly dependent on technology in every aspect of life.
“Not so long ago, for a student to possess basic computer skills [...]

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Is home schooling such a great ideas as when you first thought about it? There are many things to consider before taking this decision especially because it is about your child and his future.
One of the good things about home schooling is that the child receives the attention he needs. It is a well know [...]

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With the boom of computer & miniature electronic devices, the aptitude for mental computational skills are in decline.
Recent studies show that the skills of pupils are getting worse and worse. In one of the study, tested 106 Final year students of primary school? in mental addition and subtraction (within the limits of 20), multiplication and [...]

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Raising a child with discipline, love, good manners and respect is always the parents’ role.
Moreover, it is also the parents’ responsibility to spend a bit of quality time with a child before he grows up and has a life of his own.
Unfortunately, it is very sad to see many parents in this day and age [...]

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Tuition, in this part of the world, plays an overrated role. The moment a child starts school, parents will start looking around for enough tuition classes to fill the child’s schedule. Some parents will even compare notes on who is attending which class and succumb to pressures to enrol their children for additional or unnecessary [...]

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In our society, it is an in-built prerequisite to achieve academic excellence. Everyone’s ability to succeed is measured according to the number of paper qualifications they have. As such, it is deeply embedded in our mindset that we should be rated according to our academic achievements.
A person with excellent thinking skills but has no paper [...]

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As I flipped over piles of articles which I’ve been collected over the years, I wish to share the below article (written by P. Gunasegaram) to all on the importance of English.
>>Foreign affairs officers now are not capable of playing a role internationally because they lack the command of English<< TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD
“It’s easier [...]

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