theSundaily: Beginning this year, the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) or lower secondary assessment examination, will be replaced with the Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (PT3) or Form 3 Assessment, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, said through the implementation of improvements in the School-Based Assessment (SBA) on April 1, there would no longer be any centralised examination for Form 3 students implemented at the school level. “PT3 replaces PMR. There is some form of assessment at the school level,” he added. He said PT3 would be used as the basis to determine the entry of students into Form 4 in fully residential schools, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama, Mara Junior Science Colleges (MRSM), including Sekolah Menengah Teknik (SMT), and vocational colleges. “Besides PT3, entry into these schools will also be based on the psychometric test to ensure that the selection and emplacement of students suited their capability an...