Intervention can reduce SPM candidate dropouts, say deputy education minister

Deputy Minister of Education Wong Kah Woh said the move is more persuasive to create awareness of each candidate on the importance and advantages of sitting the examination. — Picture by Yusof Mat IsaTAIPING, June 3 — Intervention measures which are not new have been used continuously to deal with the dropout of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia candidates.

“Basically, we have conducted this intervention step before the candidates sit for the SPM exam where it includes giving advice and counseling aimed at making them aware of its importance. Earlier, a total of 10,160 out of 383,685 new SPM 2023 candidates were reported not to attend the examination. When asked about the factors that caused this dropout to happen, he acknowledged the influence of social media as one of the main causes of the problem.

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