Foul!

Education Ministry sports unit head Ee Hong ( pic ) replied to Mailsport's query about a form six student not being allowed to play in the on-going KL schools under-18 inter-zone hockey meet - as highlighted here . Dear Haresh, You are right regarding students aged 18-21 can participate in zone and state level tournaments. MSSM rule 3.1.1.4, it states that, “ Murid yang berumur lebih daripada 18 tahun tetapi kurang daripada 21 tahun boleh mengambil bahagian di peringkat sekolah, daerah, dan negeri sahaja”. We have contacted our counterpart in MSSKL and informed them about this rule. The folks in the KL schools sports council (MSSKL) will have some explaining to do. Here's a comment by a reader KCNR; "The MOE has their own sports policy . They feel they are the "experts" in sports development and what they are doing is the best for development. Mind you, there are more sports qualified non-teachers outside MOE and still MOE boast th...

The KL schools under-18 hockey inter state competition starts today. However, it is already marred with problems as SMK Maxwell are not allowed to field their only Form Six player. The question is neither about the school nor the player. It is to why a sixth former is deprived from playing in a school tournament. After all, it is clearly stated in the 'peraturan am' of the national schools council's (MSSM) regulation that a Form Six student is able to play in the zone and inter-zone meets but not the national level competition. What about the supposed 10 per cent merit a sixth former is supposed to obtain from co-curricular activities for his possible entry to a local varsity? Does this mean that a student need to only play a handful matches for the school at the zone level and thus he or she automatically obtains the 10 per cent? Why the differing rules? Shouldn't the MSSM rule stand? Doesn't this go against the Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's...