Dapsy Selangor Why Did Azmin Recognise Uec When He Was Mb If It Were A Threat To Nation

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A DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) leader has slammed Armada information chief Harris Idaham Rashid for saying that the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) issue had been “heated up” due to narrow political interests.
Calling the claim “dishonest” and “hypocritical”, Selangor DAPSY publicity secretary Edmund Lim noted that the state government had officially recognised the UEC for entry to several state-owned universities back in 2015 when Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali was the menteri besar (MB).
“If the recognition of the UEC were considered contrary to national interests or the Constitution, why was the policy accepted and implemented when Azmin was MB?” he questioned.
“Azmin was quoted by a news portal as saying that the UEC issue was not a new issue for him, and that when he was the Selangor MB he recognised the UEC for the future of the country. The question is, why did Armada chose to stay silent (about the issue) back then?”
“Therefore it is clear that the UEC issue was not new and any attempts to link it to narrow political sentiments only reflect inconsistencies and attempts to politicise education issues.”
The UEC is the school-leaving certificate for students attending Chinese independent schools and is academically equivalent to the national Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) or international A-levels.
It was created by the United Chinese School Committees’ Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) to provide a unified examination after these schools opted out of the national curriculum in 1961 to maintain Chinese-medium instruction.
Prior to the UEC, these schools had no standardised examinations to evaluate graduates’ academic qualifications.
Today, the UEC is internationally accepted by more than 1,000 universities as an entrance qualification; among them are private institutions in Malaysia, as well as universities in Singapore, Taiwan and China.
It is also accepted in Sarawak, the only Malaysian state where it is accepted for entrance to state-run universities and the state civil service. However, it is not accepted for entry into most Malaysian public universities or the federal civil service.
The debate over the UEC was recently reignited after DAP deputy chairman Nga Kor Ming announced plans to push for its recognition, drawing criticism from UMNO Youth chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh.
The certificate has long been a political hot potato, with the opposition and government repeatedly clashing over its status. ‒  Focus Malaysia

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