Partisan politics in SPM Moral exam?
(MMO) – The national SPM examinations are still underway but social media platforms are abuzz with bewildered chatter over some of the questions in the Moral paper that some say are politically skewed and loaded.
Shankar Chandrasegaran who sat for the paper two days ago, remembers being taken aback by a question that asked students to explain why it was better for them not to participate in anti-government activities.
The Fifth Former at a school in Selangor described the question as depicting a teenager encountering a promotional poster for an anti-government rally in which participants would receive RM100, and inviting a friend to join in.
“I believe many students will believe that the government is trying to make sure that the young generation don’t oppose the government,” Shankar told Malay Mail Online when contacted yesterday.
Another student who asked only to be identified as Anna said she too was shocked when she saw the question, as she felt it was too personal and inappropriate for a national-level examination for school leavers.
“I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion, so by asking these strange questions in the exam, you cannot weigh the situation in the correct perspective because you know what the expected answer is.
“So why bother asking these questions when students would obviously have to provide them with the most ‘morally’ related answers and basically agree with whatever it is?” she posed.
