Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that SPM students who score 10As, regardless of background, will be guaranteed entry to the matriculation programme without affecting the 90% Bumiputera quota. Will the lifting of restrictions for top scorers improve meritocracy in the education sector? We discuss meritocracy and fairness in pre-university pathways with Dr.Lee Hwok-Aun of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

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Produced by: Grace Tan, Valeryn Izabel Venu

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam

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Categories:  government,  education

Tags:  matriculation,  stpm,  pre-university,  bumiputera,  malaysia day,  ministry of education,