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LET me tell you about the best classroom I ever sat in. It wasn't smart. It wasn't wired to the cloud. The blackboard was cracked, the chalk was dusty and the only thing "interactive" was the teacher's ability to throw a piece of eraser at the back row with terrifying accuracy. Sometimes it was a paper aeroplane! Photo for illustrative purposes only - Pixabay

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.

Dr Naim Muhamad Ali with the UOW Voicelah! students at the Clubs and Societies Awards 2025. He hopes to inspire students to discover and grow into their full potential, one day at a time.

ChatGPT scored the highest marks in this year's entrance exams of the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, two of Japan's top universities, surpassing those of the actual top scorers. AFP FILE PIX

Education director-general Datuk Dr Mohd Azam Ahmad announced the SPM 2025 results on Tuesday.

The findings add to growing evidence that blood-based biomarkers could play an important role in more personalised cancer care, the researchers said. - 123RF photo

People crowd a railway station in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on February 13, 2026, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. Millions across China are returning to their hometowns to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Horse on February 17. (Photo by CN-STR/AFP)

Tan competed alongside Afiq Syukri, Muhammad Helmy and Tiong Kung Ming in the recently concluded SEA Games in Thailand.

Tan competed alongside Afiq Syukri, Muhammad Helmy and Tiong Kung Ming in the recently concluded SEA Games in Thailand.