Imparting HOT Skills to Pupils

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SEREMBAN: COME next year, pupils nationwide will be equipped with Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills, to be imparted to them via classroom teaching, co-curricular activities and examinations.

The implementation, under the National Education Blueprint, aims to produce pupils with HOT skills who can compete with the best internationally.

Deputy director-general of Education (policy and development) Datuk Amin Senin said: "HOT skills refer to more than just the ability to read, write and count, but also to think and analyse a situation critically.

"In today's competitive world, pupils need to do more than just memorise or retell the facts. By executing the HOT skills, they will be taught how to learn and reason, and apply what they think as solutions to problems in their work environment in the future," he said at a press conference in a hotel here.

Unveiled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the National Education Blueprint is a result of a year of extensive research and public engagement.

Amin said the application of HOT skills have long existed in the education system but it has not been fully implemented in classroom teachings.

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