{"id":8301,"date":"2026-09-17T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/?p=8301"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:41:59","slug":"asm-highlights-science-in-transforming-national-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/asm-highlights-science-in-transforming-national-education\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM Highlights Science in Transforming National Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a complex, technology-driven post-normal era, the education system must move beyond traditional learning by prioritising values, employability, and lifelong adaptability.<\/p>\n

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This perspective was highlighted by ASM President and STI Advisor to the Prime Minister and the Nation Academician Datuk Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen FASc<\/a>, during his presentation at Forum Ilmuwan Malaysia MADANI Series 13<\/a>: The Future of National Education and the Universities and University Colleges Act (AUKU<\/a>), held alongside Prime Minister YAB Dato\u2019 Seri Anwar Ibrahim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The forum was also attended by Minister of Education YB Datuk Seri Fadhlina Sidek<\/a> and Minister of Higher Education YB Dato\u2019 Seri Diraja Dr Zambry Abd. Kadir<\/a>, who emphasised education\u2019s human-centred dimension and a new framework to transform the nation\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n

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At the heart of this transformation, science must serve as a foundation for developing critical, evidence-based, and responsible ways of thinking. Guided by the principle of \u201creaching for the skies while remaining rooted in the earth\u201d, education should nurture purpose-driven learners who are knowledgeable, skilled and resilient, while remaining grounded in human and spiritual values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ASM calls for an education system that develops critical, evidence-based and purpose-driven learners while strengthening values, employability and resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1677],"tags":[918,306,1679,1452,1680],"class_list":["post-8301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-september-2026","tag-anwar-ibrahim","tag-education","tag-fadhlina-sidek","tag-mohd-azzman-shariffadeen","tag-mohd-zambry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/10\/forum-ilmuwan-13-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajCBQ-29T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8310,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions\/8310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}