:: the good news ::

The new initiative taken by the ministry was announced today.

And somehow after hearing the news, I was jumping in joy.

Literature in Malay to form part of Combined Humanities subject.
By Othman Bohari, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 29 May 2007 1655 hrs

Excerpted from the website :

SINGAPORE: There will be more choices for secondary school students who wish to study Malay Literature.
Come 2008, the Education Ministry will introduce Literature in Malay as part of the Combined Humanities subject. This means students will get to study Malay Literature and Social Studies as an elective.
The new subject is in addition to the current Literature in Malay that is offered for the 'O' level examinations.
The new curriculum will teach students two genres of Malay literature - that is prose and poems.


This is extremely good news for us who have been reading Malay literature for years now.
An opportunity to impart what we've learned from our mentors all this while.