Ministry to halt competitions, celebrations that burden teachers

The Education Ministry will discontinue any form of competition, celebration, or ceremony at all levels which do not have a major impact on student learning and only increase the workload of teachers, starting from the 2023/2024 school session.

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek cited examples such as the resource centre cheerfulness competition, the best toilet, the best textbook loan scheme, and so on.

She said the decision was among...