Kota Kinabalu: It is time for Sabah to consider democratising tertiary education to leap-frog the economy to greater heights.
The problems facing Sabah’s education sector included cases like the nearly 30,000 absenteeism of students taking their SPM examinations, according to PIPTSS founder chairman Datuk Seri Wong Khen Thau.
It can be better checked if the government instituted measures for new workers to qualify for the minimum wage of RM1,500 or more only if they hold a high school certificate or diploma.
“Now, you have a situation where new workers entering the job market without an SPM certificate as well as those who never took any government examination at Primary Six or Form Three levels are entitled to the same minimum wage level as those who started work with an SPM certificate or higher.