No sixth formers for inter-zone meet. What is the rationale?
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...