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                                <title><![CDATA[ Former VI student blasts Fadhlina's RM200,000 windfall for 'rich school' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fadhlina's badge of shame: RM8.4 million for flag pins fuels pressure on minister to resign ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ In storm over booze money, support for Fadhlina comes from outside Cabinet ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 03:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Activists urge Putrajaya to put its foot down on the issue amid pressure on the education minister to make concessions. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Don't dance with PAS and Umno', Guan Eng slams Fadhlina as row over booze money for schools deepens ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Keep Islam to 'rituals and ceremonies', group protests move to teach hadith module in national schools ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 06:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ MCCBCHST says the move by the education ministry to introduce the subject in schools nationwide is unconstitutional. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Education ministry finalising policy to make secondary school compulsory ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek says school dropouts will not occur if children are required to study up to the SPM level. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Education ministry denies SPM grading lowered for 2022 exam ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Minister Fadhlina Sidek says the rating of scores must be according to merit. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Canteens must remain open throughout Ramadan, says education minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fadhlina Sidek responds to calls for canteens to close if non-Muslims make up less than 10% of the student population. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Chaos as education minister gives winding-up speech ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fix your own problems, netizens tell minister after Taliban comment ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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