Wee: No issues using forecast results

by tan yi liang

MCA deputy party president Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong.

PETALING JAYA: There is no issue in using Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) forecast results to decide if the students meet a private college’s minimum standards for enrolment, said MCA deputy party president Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong.

He said the students have been allowed to do so for the past three decades and there had been no problems.

“(Enrolment) can be terminated if the actual SPM results do not match the minimum requirements, so what is the issue?” said Dr Wee. 

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department stressed however that colleges have to be clear and tell the parents what will happen if their children’s SPM results do not meet the institution’s minimum standards for the course they are studying.

“The colleges have to tell the parents before they enrol their children that if they do not make the grade, they will not be allowed to continue,” Dr Wee said.

He said using a student’s SPM forecast results to enrol students was something done by private colleges for the past three decades.

He was commenting on The Star’s report on Sunday that the ministry had issued a circular in May to notify private institutions of higher learning that forecast results would no longer be accepted as admission qualifications for 2015.

Dr Wee pointed out that those who do not want to go on to do their Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia exam or matriculation could continue their education without wasting their time if SPM forecast results were allowed. 

On Sunday, Dr Wee said that students would be doing nothing for six months as they wait for their actual SPM results before knowing if they can continue with tertiary education plans. 

He had said that parents usually registered their children at private institutions for pre-university or foundation programmes while waiting for the SPM results to be released.

The Star Online

Tuesday 30 September 2014.