Bernama reported Education Ministry DIrector General Khair Mohamad Yusof as saying that the new date set in respect of these subjects will be Oct 9 after taking into consideration the Aidiladha public holiday and the logistics of getting the new set of papers printed and distributed.
“The examinations will be conducted again to ensure the process abides by the Standard Operating Procedure for public examinations while ensuring that the examinations have integrity and credibility,” he said at a press conference today.
As an immediate measure he said the ministry was in the process of transferring many of its officers from the Examination Syndicate internally to ensure the public examination process is better handled this time round.
He said all security measures in the administration of the examination papers from the Examination Syndicate up to the schools’ halls have been tightened.
Khair said he has taken over personally the entire administrative process of the public examination since the papers were first reported to have been leaked on Sept 12.
“I understand the frustration and hardship faced by all involved, As the ministry’s director general I wish to convey my apologies to the pupils, parents, teachers and others following the incident”.
“I have issued a directive to headmasters and teachers to ascertain and counsel those children who require such assistance”.
“I offer my guarantee and commitment that such incidences of papers being leaked will not happen again,” he said.
On whether any other UPSR examination paper had been leaked, Khair said that he was told by the Education Ministry that there were none.
“Up until yesterday leaks had occurred only in the Science, English, Mathematics and Tamil UPSR papers,” he said.
-FMT
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