However, the ghost of the exam-oriented past is hard to shake. Parents still demand drills and marks. School life remains a pressure cooker, but it is also a vibrant, communal experience that produces resilient, multilingual, and gritty young adults.
Prior to 2020, Malaysian classrooms were a mix of whiteboards and outdated projectors. COVID-19 shattered that. The shift to PdPR (Pembelajaran dan Pengajaran di Rumah – Home-Based Teaching and Learning) exposed a harsh reality: the digital divide. However, the ghost of the exam-oriented past is