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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

999) BERNAMA 24/11/13-Kementerian Tubuh Pasukan Petugas Khas

Soalan Bocor: Kementerian Tubuh Pasukan Petugas Khas

KOTA KINABALU, 23 Nov (Bernama) -- Kementerian Pendidikan akan menubuhkan pasukan petugas khas bagi menyiasat dakwaan berlaku kebocoran soalan peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) membabitkan kertas Matematik dan Matematik Tambahan.

Ketua Pengarahnya Tan Sri Abdul Ghafar Mahmud berkata walaupun pada dasarnya sukar untuk berlaku kebocoran, pihaknya tetap mengambil serius dakwaan Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) tersebut.

Ini kerana katanya kertas soalan SPM dicetak di Universiti Cambridge, United Kingdom dan prosedur penghantarannya dari universiti itu hingga ke pusat peperiksaan di negara ini adalah ketat termasuk pengawalan oleh pihak polis.

"Jadi, kalau hendak dikatakan masa pencetakan itu bocor (mustahil) dan perkara sebegini sudah lama tidak berlaku dengan paling terakhir adalah pada akhir tahun 90an dan apabila disiasat tiada kebocoran sebenarnya," katanya dalam sidang media, di sini Sabtu.

Abdul Ghafar berkata pihaknya bagaimanapun tidak menafikan dakwaan PPIM dan akan menyiasat kes itu secara terperinci.

Beliau yang ditemui selepas sesi perjumpaan Program Jurulatih Peningkatan Sekolah (SISC) dan Program Rakan Pembimbing Sekolah (SiPartner), diminta mengulas mengenai laporan media semalam yang memetik PPIM sebagai mendakwa mereka menerima aduan daripada tiga individu berhubung perkara tersebut.

Individu berkenaan yang turut hadir dalam sidang media PPIM itu juga menyerahkan salinan yang dikatakan kertas soalan bocor kepada pemberita.

-- BERNAMA

998) NEW STRAITS TIMES 24/11/13-Leaked SPM papers claim will be investigated

UNDER CONTROL: Education D-G downplays issue, calling leak 'a misunderstanding'

KOTA KINABALU: THE Education Ministry will set up a special task force to investigate an alleged leak of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination questions.

Education director-general Tan Sri Abdul Ghafar Mahmud said the ministry was now in contact with the Muslim Consumer Association of Malaysia (PPIM), which had revealed the possibility of leaked exam questions.

He said the ministry was acquiring further information from PPIM, adding that efforts were being made to get to the bottom of the matter

"This leakage was unlikely to happen as those papers were printed in the United Kingdom and police had escorted them from there to Malaysia.

"There might be a misunderstanding in between, but we will rectify the matter as soon as possible," said Abdul Ghafar after a meeting with the Sabah Education Department sectors heads, districts education officers, School Improvement Specialist Coaches (SISC+) and School Improvement Partner (SIP+) officers.

The PPIM had received reports from three individuals claiming that SPM questions for Mathematics and Additional Mathematics were leaked.

A complainant said he was informed about the matter by students at a school in Wangsa Maju on Nov 18, who claimed that the questions were distributed during an SPM seminar at the Mua'adz Bin Jabal Mosque in Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur, on Nov 17.

In Kuala Lumpur, Deputy Education Minister II P. Kalamanathan said the outcome of investigations into the leaked SPM questions was expected to be known next week.

He said the ministry was scrutinising the claims, adding that action would be taken if the allegations were true.

"I believe the investigation is still ongoing and an official announcement will only be made next week," said Kamalanathan at the closing of the Scope International Orang Asli Children Education programme.

Asked whether students might have to re-sit the examination, Kamalanathan said it was best to wait for the official announcement before making any presumptions.

Yesterday, the Malaysian Examination Board confirmed that they had received complaints about the leak in the Mathematics and Additional Mathematics' papers.

The board is currently investigating the validity of the complaints, and would take action when it concluded its investigations.

On a separate matter, Kamalanathan said the abolishment of the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination was done to ensure that all Malaysian children receive at least 11 years of free education.

"Previously, some students received only 9 years of education as they leave school after failing their PMR. Without it, students have the opportunity to receive free and sustained education without dropping out of school after a short period."

He said the extra two years provided time for students to discover their interests and develop themselves better.

Kamalanthan said Malaysia's literacy level was currently approaching the 95 per cent mark, which was remarkable considering the worldwide level of literacy currently stands at 85 per cent.

Deputy Education Minister II P. Kalamanathan at the Scope International Orang Asli Children Education programme in Bukit Beruntung yesterday. Pic by Nurul Shafina Jemenon

Sumber; http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/leaked-spm-papers-claim-will-be-investigated-1.410240

997) UTUSAN MALAYSIA 24/11/13-Pasukan khas siasat dakwaan soalan SPM bocor

KOTA KINABALU 23 Nov. - Kementerian Pendidikan akan menubuhkan satu pasukan khas dalam masa terdekat bagi menyiasat dakwaan Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) mengenai kebocoran soalan beberapa mata pelajaran dalam peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) lalu.

Ketua Pengarahnya, Tan Sri Abdul Ghafar Mahmud yang memandang serius dakwaan itu yang turut menjejaskan kredibiliti pihaknya, bagaimanapun berkata, secara teorinya kebocoran itu mustahil berlaku kerana selain proses percetakannya dilakukan di luar negara, kawalan ketat juga dilakukan semasa penghantarannya ke setiap pusat peperiksaan.

Jelas beliau, setiap kertas soalan SPM dicetak di Universiti Cambridge, United Kingdom berbanding kertas soalan bagi Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) dan Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) yang dicetak di negara ini.

“Prosedur penghantaran kertas soalan tersebut juga dikawal ketat bermula dari Universiti Cambridge hingga ke pusat peperiksaan di negara ini dengan bantuan kawalan pihak polis," katanya kepada pemberita selepas sesi perjumpaan dalam Program Jurulatih Peningkatan Sekolah (SISC) dan Program Rakan Pembimbing Sekolah (SiPatner) di sini hari ini.

Beliau diminta mengulas dakwaan PPIM bahawa kertas soalan Matematik dan Matematik Tambahan bagi peperiksaan SPM tahun ini bocor yang maklumatnya dikatakan diperoleh daripada beberapa pelajar sekolah di Seksyen 5, Wangsa Maju pada 19 November lalu selepas mengikuti seminar SPM di sebuah masjid di Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur.

Tambah Abdul Ghafar, pihaknya tidak akan sesekali menganggap laporan PPIM itu sebagai kes terpencil tetapi sebaliknya akan menyiasat perkara tersebut dengan terperinci.

“Kalau hendak dikatakan masa pencetakan itu bocor (mustahil) dan perkara sebegini sudah lama tidak berlaku dengan paling terakhir adalah pada akhir tahun 1990-an, namun apabila disiasat tiada kebocoran sebenarnya yang berlaku," katanya.

Sementara itu, Lembaga Peperiksaan memulakan siasatan terhadap dakwaan berlaku kebocoran soalan SPM yang didakwa membabitkan kertas Matematik dan Matematik Tambahan.

Pihak kami telah menerima aduan tentang dakwaan kebocoran kertas soalan Matematik dan Matematik Tambahan SPM serta telah memulakan siasatan bagi memastikan kesahihan perkara tersebut," katanya dalam kenyataan di sini, hari ini.

996) BERITA HARIAN 24/11/13: SOALAN SPM BOCOR DISIASAT

Headline: Dakwaan soalan SPM bocor disiasat

Publication: BM

Date of publication: Nov 24, 2013

Section heading: Main Section

Page number: 005

Byline / Author: Oleh Suzianah Jiffar; Suhaila Shahrul Annuar

Kota Kinabalu: Kementerian Pendidikan menubuhkan jawatankuasa khas bagi menyiasat dakwaan kebocoran kertas soalan Matematik dan Matematik Tambahan bagi peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) tahun ini.

Ketua Pengarahnya, Tan Sri Abdul Ghafar Mahmud, berkata kementerian sudah mendapatkan maklumat daripada Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) yang membuat aduan berkenaan.

"Setiap aduan yang kita terima akan diberi perhatian termasuk disiasat untuk memastikan kesahihannya. Saya juga sudah meminta Timbalan Pengarah Lembaga Peperiksaan untuk mendapatkan maklumat agar tindakan segera dapat diambil.

Segera siasat dakwaan

"Saya difahamkan persatuan itu sudah membuat laporan polis. Oleh itu, kita akan menjalankan usaha segera menyiasat perkara itu. Sebenarnya, isu soalan peperiksaan bocor sudah lama tidak berlaku selepas terakhir dihebohkan akhir 1990-an," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang media selepas merasmikan sesi perjumpaan dengan pegawai program 'School Improvement Partners (SI Partners) Plus and School Improvement Specialist Coaches (SISC) plus' di sini, semalam.

Kelmarin, PPIM menerima aduan tiga individu, Mohd Husaini Jaslee, Nor Izwan Abu Bakar dan Mohd Rizuan Abd Rashid mendakwa kertas soalan Matematik dan Matematik Tambahan bagi peperiksaan SPM tahun ini bocor.

Abdul Ghafar berkata, soalan SPM dicetak di United Kingdom dan perjalanan ke negara ini dikawal rapi dengan bantuan polis untuk mengiringi soalan berkenaan.

LP ambil tindakan

Sementara itu, Lembaga Peperiksaan (LP) dalam kenyataannya semalam, berkata pihaknya sedang menjalankan siasatan mengenai aduan itu dan akan mengambil tindakan segera selepas siasatan lengkap dijalankan.

"Sebagai sebuah institusi awam yang tertakluk mengikut Akta Pendidikan 1996 (Akta 550), LP bertanggungjawab mengurus dan mengendalikan peperiksaan awam di Malaysia.

"LP sentiasa memelihara kredibiliti dan integriti pengendalian peperiksaan dengan mematuhi arahan keselamatan yang dikeluarkan Pejabat Ketua Pegawai Keselamatan Kerajaan Malaysia," katanya.

Menurut kenyataan itu, LP juga sentiasa mengambil tindakan sebelum, semasa dan selepas peperiksaan bagi memastikan pengendalian peperiksaan dijalankan dengan penuh integriti.

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995) THE STAR 13/11/13-Spot checks on factories to ensure cooking oil are new

A TOTAL of 14 cooking oil packaging factories in the state were subject to spot checks to allay the public’s fears that used cooking oil was being repackaged and sold.

In Ipoh, no suspicious activity was reported in four of the factories subjected to the spot check last Friday.

The spot checks were conducted simultaneously across the state by the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Butterworth Port Office) and State Health Department.

State Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Samsudin Abu Hassan hoped the findings would put to rest rumours that unscrupulous parties were repackaging used cooking oil collected from traders to be sold again.

The spot checks were conducted in light of an article published in a Malay daily recently, alleging that almost 90% of cooking oil sold in the country were made from recycling used cooking oil.

The daily quoted Islamic Consumer Association of Malaysia (PPIM) chief activist Datuk Nadzim Johan as saying that used cooking oil from fast food outlets were bought to be recycled and mixed with new cooking oil, which is later sold in packets.

994) THE STAR 15/11/13- Groups: Take swift action to reduce water loss

PETALING JAYA: Consumer associations are calling for swift action to be taken to reduce non-revenue water, besides educating the public about it.

Malaysian Muslim Consumer Association (PPIM) chief activist Datuk Nadzim Johan said water operators need to monitor the amount lost, especially through theft.

“If this situation persists, it is only a matter of time before the losses are transferred to consumers.”

“We are very concerned about this,” he said.

About 15% to 20% of the 1.994 trillion litres lost last year was attributed to theft and inaccurate water meters.

Fomca deputy secretary general Foon Weng Lian believed one of the possible solutions lies in a nationwide outreach campaign.

“Then we can ensure that people are clear about how they can contribute in addressing the pro-blem.

“We also want the Government to set up a policy on non-revenue water, along with a timeline on repair works,” he said.

At present, he said there was only a taskforce which could merely advise on solutions, which were sometimes ignored due to financial constraints.

Sumber:http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/11/15/Groups-Take-swift-action-to-reduce-water-loss.aspx