The proposal to allow Malaysian students to leave formal schooling at age 16 — and the related push to make secondary education universally compulsory — has reignited a necessary debate about foundational skills, infrastructure, and the real-world readiness of alternative pathways such as...
apprenticeships
career pathways
credentials portability
education policy
employer engagement
equity in education
foundational skills
germany model
infrastructure
literacynumeracy
malaysia education
micro-credentials
mobim
policy pilots
pre-primary education
sea-plm
singapore model
teacher development
vocational training
work-based learning
