PETALING JAYA: All Year Six pupils will have to sit for an Aptitude Test on the last day of their Primary School Assessment Test (UPSR) beginning next month.
The one-and-a-half hour IQ test would have 60 multiple choice (objective) questions based on three areas — thinking skills, problem solving and decision-making, and interests.
“The Aptitude Test grade will be listed in the UPSR slip but will not count towards the final result,” Education Department director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom told The Star.
“There is no need for pupils to attend any additional classes or tuition for the Aptitude Test as this is based on what they already know,” he said, adding that a letter on the test had already been sent to schools.
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