Education around Merlimau Melaka
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Rukun Negara Oratory Contest Draws Record 10,494 Entries
The national-level Rukun Negara Oratory Competition has drawn a record 10,494 participants this year, up from 9,312 in 2025. The final was held at the Melaka International Trade Centre, where Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh said the figure shows the national principles remain rooted in young Malaysians.
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SMK Ghafar Baba wins Melaka pantun competition, advances to Southern Zone final in Johor Bahru
SMK Ghafar Baba emerged champion of the 2026 DRB-HICOM-Harian Metro Proverb-themed Pantun Competition at the Melaka state level, held in Banda Hilir. The school will represent Melaka at the Southern Zone final at Maktab Abu Bakar in Johor Bahru on Sept 29. More than 300 students attended the competition, which was judged by four professionals.
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Melaka Mufti Department's astronomy studies added to state TVET syllabus
In Alor Gajah, Melaka, astronomy studies under the Melaka Mufti Department have been included in the state's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) syllabus, including an introduction to building drones to determine the qibla direction. Melaka Mufti Datuk Abdul Halim Tawil said 80 students joined the programme at the National Falak Carnival 2026, which ended yesterday, and the Al-Khawarizmi Falak Complex now draws higher learning institutions from Indonesia.
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Durian Tunggal short of secondary schools despite over 50,000 residents
More than 50,000 residents in the Durian Tunggal state constituency in Melaka depend on a single secondary school, SMK Durian Tunggal. Assemblyman Zahari Khalil said the opening of 37 housing estates has made a new secondary school urgent, with over 1,500 secondary students and five primary schools feeding pupils in each year.
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DRB-HICOM-Harian Metro Pantun Contest Expands to Southern Zone, Melaka First Host
The Pantun Contest co-organised by DRB-HICOM and Harian Metro is expanding to the Southern Zone after a pilot in Selangor last year. Melaka is the first state to host, with the quarter-finals and semi-finals at SMK Tinggi Melaka, Banda Hilir, tomorrow. Four Melaka schools are competing for a place in the final in Johor.
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Melaka to build IBS classrooms at 53 schools; Merlimau Tamil school gets two new rooms
Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said 53 schools in Melaka will get additional classrooms built using the IBS method to address overcrowding. He spoke after visiting construction work at SJK(T) Merlimau, where two new classrooms costing RM600,000 will be built within 20 weeks. The ministry is acting ahead of the 2027 school session, when two age cohorts will enter Year One.
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RM3.3m for 11 new classrooms at three Melaka schools
Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said IBS-built classrooms will ease overcrowding in Melaka schools. Three schools in the Kesidang constituency received RM3.3 million to build 11 classrooms, expected to be completed before the 2027 school session.
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IBS classrooms to restore use of special rooms in Malaysian schools
Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said new Industrialised Building System (IBS) classrooms will allow schools to stop using special rooms like music rooms and science labs as regular classrooms. The move is to prepare for the intake of 490,168 Year One students in the 2027 school session. He spoke after inspecting the project at SK Taman Merdeka in Melaka.