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Over 20K Sign Petition To Review SPM Timetable With Papers Held On a Sunday

today22 November 2021

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Source: The Star

Malaysian students are urging the Ministry of Education to loosen up the year-end exam schedule by taking out weekend papers and staggering the dates for core subjects.

Graduating high school students across Malaysia have been rallying online for changes to be made to the “insane” timetable comprising exams on Sundays and back-to-back papers for main subjects like English, History, Mathematics, and Islamic Studies.

More than 20,000 people have signed an online petition titled #SemakSemulaJadualSPM2022. It states to “have mercy on our future leaders!”

The petition mentioned, “They have been through relentless changes and it is a pity to mark their 11 years of journey with this super hectic schedule. On one end we…

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Written by: Quinny Tan