Friday, August 15, 2025

Why Are Kids Still Dropping Out? Unpacking Malaysia’s Education Crisis with Fadhlina Sidek’s Plan

 


I haven’t written here in a while—my last post was on June 22, and my readership has plummeted from over 4,000 daily views to just around 400. I’m nearly done with my Vistana Heights posts, so it’s time to return to this blog. Below is a Malaymail report from August 12, 2025, about what Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said on school dropouts, with extracts and my commentary.

Extract:

Fadhlina said her ministry’s approach to the dropout problem is focused on needs that cuts across ethnicity and locality, deploying what she described as “contextual” intervention.