KUALA LUMPUR: Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) graduates from Chinese independent schools, along with SPM qualifiers, can enrol in government teachers’ training colleges.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak agreed to this after a meeting with MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and party Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, who is also a Deputy Education Minister.
“With Najib’s timely and swift intervention, all misunderstandings (on the issue) have been ironed out,” Dr Chua told a press conference at Parliament House yesterday.
The UEC examination, an equivalent to the national schools’ STPM, is for students who complete six years of education in Chinese independent high schools.
A total of 60,481 students enrolled in 60 Chinese independent schools in the country last year.
The issue of UEC holders entering government teachers’ training colleges surfaced on Monday when the Education Ministry, on its website, advertised the enrolment to these colleges and opened applications to those with a minimum four credit passes in the SPM.
The ministry decided last December to also allow candidates with a minimum of four credit passes in the UEC, including a mandatory pass in Mandarin and SPM-level Bahasa Malaysia, to enter these colleges.
“The Government stands by the decision in December and the notice on the ministry’s website has been corrected,” Dr Chua added.
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