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Mohamed Sukri Omar. - Photo: Facebook / @Mohamed Sukri Omar

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. BERNAMA Photo

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Despite its significant geographical and climatic potential to become the nation's renewable energy (RE) hub or economic hotspot, Kelantan has seen slow adoption of renewable energy technology at the household and small and medium enterprise (SME) levels. Photo for illustrative purposes only - Pixabay

Taylor’s University campus on June 5 following a bomb threat evacuation. Photo: Threads / @a.1rsyadd

THE SPM results are out. In one household, shrieks of joy echo as parents hug their straight-A child. In another, the same silence that follows disappointment settles like a heavy fog. We all know the platitudes that follow this ritual. “SPM is not the end.” “It’s not the final determinant of your future.” Bernama FILE PIX

The only way up is sideways, to reduce the stakes of SPM, diversify assessment, reward teachers who teach thinking instead of answering techniques and yes, learn from schools like MCKK that balance intellectual rigour with character development.

Tourists take pictures of a Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) in Gibraltar on May 6, 2026. - (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)

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The government’s decision to conditionally open admission pathways for Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) graduates into public institutions of higher learning (IPTA) should be viewed with due care, maturity and balanced consideration, academics said. Photo: Edited via Canva