Malaysia: Education Ministry Continues To Bridge Gap Between Urban And Rural Schools

BELURAN (Sabah, Malaysia), Dec 10 (Bernama) -- Efforts to bridge the gap between urban and rural education continue to be the Education Ministry's focus, said its minister, Mahdzir Khalid. He said in ensuring the quality of education, focus should be given, among others, to the number of teachers, option teachers and students' enrolment, as well as the physical structure of the school. Most schools in the rural areas did not have hostel and as a result many students had to walk to school, he said at an event held in conjunction with his visit to a high school here Saturday. In terms of academic achievement, he said the gap in the achievement between rural and urban students in the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) was 0.72 per cent. -- BERNAMA