MOE RECEIVES 398,671 YEAR 1 REGISTRATIONS FOR 2027 AS OF YESTERDAY - WONG

TAIPING, March 10 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Education (MOE) has received a total of 398,671 registrations for Year One admission in 2027 as of yesterday (March 9), said Deputy Minister of Education, Wong Kah Woh.

Wong said of the total, 338,714 were for students aged seven while 59,957 involved admission at the age of six.

“At the end of this month we will get the final statistics or registration and from there we can verify the actual figures or the actual demand regarding which schools need how many additional classrooms.

“But that doesn’t mean that we currently don’t have any plans…no. Indeed, for schools that have trends and tradition of attracting more student enrolment, we are ready with our mapping but our mapping will be finalised by the end of this month,” he said.

He said this when met at the Ministry of Education’s Jaulah Ramadan Programme press conference at the Maahad Al-Tarbiah, Al-Islamiah Government Aided Religious School here today.

Meanwhile, Wong said the recruitment of 20,000 new Grade DG9 Education Service Officers on contract service (CoS) this month is a short-term measure to meet the needs of teaching staff following the expected increase in Year One students in 2027.

He said the recruitment targets university graduates who do not have professional education qualification and aims to ensure that schools have sufficient teaching staff when additional students are admitted.

Wong said the measure was taken following the expected double cohort situation when six-year-old students begin entering Year One in 2027.

“We estimate there will be a double cohort situation from which it doesn't matter in terms of infrastructure, availability of classrooms or availability of teachers, we already have a plan," he said.

-- BERNAMA