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The country may be looking at over 130,000 students failing to get their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) certificate every year if English is made a “must pass” subject in the examination. With the current rate of one in four students failing the ...
2009-06-13 09:08:00
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KUALA LUMPUR: Make it a compulsory passing subject, but make sure the quality of English teachers is improved first. Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said the quality of teachers and their methodology was important. This needed to be looked into if ...
2009-06-13 06:30:00
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In the past, and always in the few months prior to the opening of school in September of each year, there has always been much talk about the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), formerly, the Common Entrance Examination. Many are in support of it and ...
2009-06-13 10:05:00
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The buzz words in many of our schools, and especially in the upgraded high schools, are "not academically inclined", meaning that students so identified lack the cognitive ability and intellectual strength to cope with or excel at standard schoolwork ...
2009-06-13 10:05:00
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Reading and memorizing dates and terms and other facts doesn't interest Jonathan Munoz. He prefers solving problems, and he's pretty good at it. Munoz, who graduated from George Jenkins High School this spring, is The Ledger's 2009 All-Academic Male ...
2009-06-13 07:06:00
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n The coveted “Westside Award” went to Heath Major who was also recognized for 12 years of perfect attendance. Also, Aleisha McBride was recognized for 12 years of perfect attendance. “The Senior Award” winners were Lex Butler and Jessica ...
2009-06-13 09:15:00
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About 60 years ago, 96 boys entered Royal College. They came to be called the '49 Group. They are said to be the best batch that Royal turned out in recent times- 32 of them went on to become medical doctors, most of them consultants, nine entered ...
2009-06-13 02:56:00
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As North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches affirm its technological and military prowess, alarming its neighbours and drawing international criticism, a school once attended by leader Kim Jong Il is nurturing the country’s next ...
2009-06-13 02:34:00
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The BCAS campus offers a solid foundation programme in engineering known as International Engineering Foundation Programme. (IEF) to enable students who do not have the required qualifications to gain entrance to engineering programmes in UK. The IEF ...
2009-06-13 02:56:00
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"There is a new game going around that I am the sole instigator of which has the skeptics saying, 'How about that?' It's spreading like wild flowers. "Here's all you do: Write down a three digit number; the first one must be larger than the other two ...
2009-06-13 04:07:00
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Regular degree courses in arts, commerce and science are being fast overtaken by unaided professional courses. Despite comparatively steep fees, the popularity of vocational courses has been growing by leaps and bounds in Thane region. “We offer ...
2009-06-13 05:40:00
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Labelled as brutal, unforgiving and excessively violent, the spectacle known as Ultimate Fighting comes to the western German city of Cologne on Saturday, June 13, for its maiden fight night in continental Europe. The event's organizers, the US-based ...
2009-06-13 11:28:00
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ELLENSBURG- In September 2005, Amber Goodrich stood in the middle of her dorm room on her first day of college at Central Washington University. Her parents had just helped her move in her belongings and were preparing to leave. Then came the ...
2009-06-13 08:51:00
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Madaline Lease Cook, 78, of Millburn died on Monday, June 8, 2009, at Manor Care Nursing Home, Mountainside. A funeral service was held at the Jacob A. Holle Funeral Home in Maplewood on June 12, with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair ...
2009-06-13 08:51:00
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Several teachers from the Guam Public School System will start next school year with new lesson plans that include more hands-on teaching methods and group activities for their students. They were participants in a locally designed and federally ...
2009-06-13 11:57:00
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