published on March 20 addressing the Malaysian government’s need to reconsider its STEM policy – a sentiment perhaps shared by many Malaysians – there seems to be a need for clarification on the widespread misinterpretation of STEM itself.
At the recent Bett Asia 2019 Summit, Education Minister Maszlee Malik also expressed a similar need – to evolve Malaysia’s STEM policy to STREAM , alongside the merging of Science and Arts streams in secondary schools nationwide. In a recent article, Omar Abdul Rahman talks about replacing the ‘E’ in STEM with English, due to the fact that Engineering as a subject offers value that overlaps with Science. Currently, not enough emphasis is being placed on the English subject, especially in government schools.