Do Year 1 pupils really need remedial 3R lessons, ask experts

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Educational sociologist Anuar Ahmad says the entire point of Years 1 to 3 is for students to learn reading, writing and arithmetic.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/24/do-year-1-pupils-really-need-remedial-3r-lessons-ask-experts/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #Students #Year1 #Reading #Writing #Arithmetic

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00:00Educationists have questioned the need for a three-month intervention program to help

00:06year one pupils with reading, writing, and arithmetic skills.

00:11I, Lord Asami, told FMT that it may be too premature to conclude that these students

00:15are weak in those skills.

00:18Lord Asami was responding to Education Director General Azman Adnan, who said a total of 122,062

00:25year one pupils have been identified as needing intervention in 3R skills.

00:30He said of the 448,113 children who are in year one this year, 62,928 have not yet mastered

00:38both reading and arithmetic.

00:42Educational sociologist Anwar Ahmad also questioned the need for the program, pointing out that

00:46the first year of primary school is intended for children to learn 3R skills.

00:51He also raised doubts on the use of terms left behind and intervention by education

00:56ministry officials.

00:58Anwar explained that by international standards, a child can only be left behind in literacy

01:03and numeracy skills once they are 10 years old and above.

01:08Donny Sartorezza, FMT News.

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