14 March 2021
The Ministry of Education will be expanding pathways into local polytechnics, including strengthening the Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP).
The PFP is a scheme for Secondary 4 Normal (Academic) students which allows them to apply directly to polytechnic for a foundation year instead of completing Secondary 5 and the O levels.
Second Minister for Education Dr Maliki Osman also said that MOE is planning to expand the Common Entry Programmes (CEPs) in polytechnics to include the arts, design and media clusters and the science clusters in all polytechnics by 2023.
Dr Maliki is leading a review of applied learning pathways, a subject also touched on by Ms Mariam Jaafar, who said, “As our education system moves to novel approaches like subject-based banding in our schools and dual majors in our universities, let us not neglect to consider similar approaches for our polytechnics and ITEs, including the potential to accelerate progression based on performance.”