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Will Compulsory Secondary Education Curb Drop-Outs?

Shahnaz Al-Sadat, Chairperson, LeapEd Services

15-Aug-23 08:30

Will Compulsory Secondary Education Curb Drop-Outs?

The Minister of Education Fadhlina Sidek recently announced that the government is looking to make secondary education mandatory in a bid to curb school drop-outs. How would this policy be implemented? We speak to Shahnaz Al-Sadat, Chairperson of LeapEd Services for her views on how and when this should be rolled out.

Produced by: Ethan Kow

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan, Wong Shou Ning


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