KUCHING: Both parents and schools play a crucial role in raising students’ awareness of the importance of having education for their future.
Motivational figure Ahmad Faizal Osman, better known as Cikgu Emmet, said that the both parties need to continue to guide students on the right path.
“Nowadays, students are highly exposed to the online world through social media to fill their daily time.
“Certainly, they will follow some famous influencers, and be attracted by their fame and the wealth they acquire.
“Unfortunately, among today’s students, there are those who choose influencers that set negative examples,” he said on Monday (Feb 5).
He was prompted for comments following a report that the majority of Form Two students had left their examination papers blank recently.
Cikgu Emmet, who is also the Senior Assistant for Administration and Academic Management at SK Pulau Seduku, Sri Aman, said that there were influencers who claimed that school is a waste of time, Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination is meaningless and success is possible without SPM certification.
“This leads to the normalisation that exams and school are not important. Consequently, it will have a very detrimental impact on our education system today.
“Thus, the issue arises where students do not answer questions and underestimate exams.”
As such, he said both parents and schools must come in to play their part to ensure students succeed in school.
“For instance, the Counselling and Guidance Unit can organise activities such as motivational talks, character-building camps, self-development camps, and career visits.
“Parents also need to encourage their children to continue learning at school and be firm if their children start showing indifference towards their studies.”
He added the collaboration between the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and the school through parenting lecture programmes needs to be further enhanced to establish a close relationship between these two entities, ensuring that the potential of students is developed well and leads to positive outcomes.
It was previously reported that a Malaysian teacher highlighted that in his class of 32 students, more than half submitted blank exam papers.
The report said the teacher who posted the matter on X, formerly known as Twitter, revealed that 90 per cent out of the 32 students who sat for the Ujian Akhir Sesi Akademik (UASA) History test left the papers unanswered.
“What is your ambition right after finishing SPM examinations? Students: To be influencers. The rest is history,” the teacher said in the post which has been deleted.
