The Star’s college youth pull-out R.AGE is organising The March Forward, a workshop-packed day aimed at helping final year students transition into the working world. The workshops will feature talk...Continue Reading

1. YouthSays are hunting for more people to join them for future projects, including the YOUTH’09 Festival. They’re looking for a Stats Beast, an Online Community Leader, and a Blogger Art Direc...Continue Reading

Those of you heading to Harvard, or to university in general; those of you waiting anxiously for SPM/STPM results (have you even taken the tests yet?); those of you putting in 24-hour days to get thos...Continue Reading

EDIT: Tony has been released and was able to appear in Parliament today. Tony Pua, founder of one of the first Malaysian education blogs, Education in Malaysia, as well as a Member of Parliament, has ...Continue Reading

A few weeks ago I posted about Schooled, a new movie that depicts the life of a Sudbury or democratic school. The team behind the movie got in touch with me (to tell me about Schooled and they were ki...Continue Reading

The Malaysian Youth Index is an analysis of surveys done on 4087 young people in Malaysia aged 15-40 in 2006. The idea was to get a feel for how young people in Malaysia are faring and what they get u...Continue Reading

The Sudbury Valley School system, started in Massachusetts in 1968, is one of the more pre-eminent and well-known forms of alternative school systems in the world. In the core of the Sudbury Valley sy...Continue Reading

If you are good with people and connections, and would like to get involved in something for three months, take this opportunity to apply for the role of Press & Partnerships Officer for YOUTH ‘09, ...Continue Reading

The Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition, hosted by Ashoka and Youth Venture, provides young people and youth organisations the chance to showcase their project online around the world. Proje...Continue Reading

So it seems that there are quite a number of interesting changes to the Malaysian education system, following the Ministry of Education’s blueprint: 1. A holistic, less exam-oriented primary school ...Continue Reading