By Samuel Yesuiah WITH reference to the report "Skills training from Form 1" (NST, July 26), the Education Ministry's plan to introduce vocational and technical subjects for Form One students who are not academically inclined is a move in the right direction and should be implemented next year.

By Mohd Noor Aswad INTERNATIONAL healthcare company Bayer is sending two students on a seven-day field trip to Germany in November. This initiative is under Bayer Young Environmental Envoy (BYEE), the company's youth education programme. Vigren V.

PUTRAJAYA: The third round-table discussions on teaching Mathematics and Science in English concluded here yesterday with mixed views on the matter. Teachers and pupils from urban areas were generally supportive of the move implemented in 2003, saying that any change will confuse future pupils.

KUALA TERENGGANU: All eyes were on Muhammad Danial Zainuddin on the first day of the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination yesterday.

By James Reed Like every group of children entering their final school year, they face exams that will have a significant bearing on their futures.But those starting Year 11 this month are also the Blair Generation.David Miliband coined the term four years ago when he was Schools Minister to describe those children who started school in 1997, the year Labour came to power.