MALAYSIA NEW EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, KSSR, KSSM AND KSSR

MALAYSIA NEW EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, KSSR, KSSM AND KSSR

During the year of 2010, Malaysia Educational Minister, Datuk Muhyiddin announced and introduced the new curriculum system KSSR into Primary School, the pioneer batch of students under the transformational new scheme of education system are primary one students from year of 2011.At the same time, KSSM as the continuation of KSSR was introduced to Secondary school, the pioneer batch of secondary students are the Form one students from year of 2012.

KSSR and KSSM are the new curriculum scheme with more likely interpretation of our national educational philosophy and literally contribute a better pragmatic implementation to actualize educational goal, whereby it is a formulation in needed to amend the weaknesses of KBSR and KBSM which is over exam-oriented and teacher-centered curriculum scheme.

This is the reason of why it is referred as a transformational educational system in Malaysia. The principles of these two curriculums primordially intend to shift from teacher-centered teaching to students-centered teaching and emphasis on inquiry-based learning.

Under the system, the public exam for primary school, UPSR and the PMR for secondary school will be abolished. All the evaluation and assessment shift from summative assessment to the formative assessment. KSSR and KSSM are conductive curriculums to enhance the pragmatism of national educational philosophy which pervasively exercise and practice in school. The scheme assessment of KSSR and KSSM not restricted to individual curriculum performance only, whilst it is embrace the significant of students’ involvement in physical activities as well as the healthiness of psychology. Each student is evaluated and improved their performance via criterion-based assessment with six bands, Band 1 (the lowest achievement) to Band 6, (the highest achievement). Consequently, the new curriculum of KSSR and KSSM demonstrates a blue print document to direct our national education in achieving the principles and goals of our national educational philosophy.