Education & Social Studies Press

Baby boom in the time of Covid-19: Myth or fact?

Prof Yeah said that a baby boom would be an advantage to the businesses who are in the related industry.

Lower toll charges will ease cost-of-living pressure

Prof. Yeah Kim Leng thinks that the government's decision on not selling PLUS berhad is is part of a plan to not burden the public with cost-of-living pressure

Are digital disruptions laying the foundations for holistic education in the 21st century?

With disruptions in major industries changing the structure of daily economic life, all of us should sense very clearly by now that the education industry...

No Commodity Boom on the Horizon

According to a Reuters poll, analysts and economists estimated Brent crude price to average..

Experts Doubt Malaysian Higher Ed Reform

Malaysians’ hopes for a rapid overhaul of their browbeaten higher education system are unrealistic, according to an expert...

MoE Should Improve Spending Efficiency for Better Results, Says Economist

Economist Dr Barjoyai Bardai, who is also an academic at the Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, said all eyes would be..

Experts weigh in to reimagine our national primary schools

Most would agree that national primary schools, or SRKs (Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan), need to be improved...

Pakar kongsi bentuk sekolah kebangsaan impian

Ramai yang akan bersetuju dengan pandangan bahawa mutu sekolah rendah kebangsaan (SRK) boleh dan perlu diperbaiki.

Face masks fail to hide Malaysia’s annual haze problem

Prof. James Chin states that it is beyond Indonesia's capacity to put a halt to the fires causing the transnational haze.

Varsities act on universal goals

THE 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) address serious global challenges such as climate change, inequality and poor access to education...

Commentary: The East Malaysia secession grapevine, an absolute headache for Malaysia Day

The Pakatan Harapan government faces its trickiest conundrum yet – keeping Sarawak and Sabah in the fold while resisting accusations it’s not protecting Malay rights, says James Chin.

How Malaysia is measuring poverty levels and how it can do better

Experts say Malaysia can do better in how it measures how many Malaysians are officially considered poor...