Fadhlina said the study had been conducted, but did not provide details on its findings or how the public could access it.

“I’ve stressed so many times that we are done with that,” she told reporters at the Alamanda Shopping Centre in Putrajaya after officiating the opening of an MPH bookstore.

Fadhlina also said her ministry had moved on to focus on building upon the impact study, ensuring that its findings are taken into consideration for future improvements.

“Right now, our commitment is to strengthen the (impact) assessment so that we always look up and forward,” she said.

FMT has reached out to the education ministry for more information on the study.

On Nov 14, Anuar Ahmad, secretary of the education and human capital development cluster at the National Professors Council, questioned the status of the study, saying he believed that the “chaos” surrounding the abolition of these exams could be addressed with empirical data from the assessment.

Anuar said the public wanted to know whether abolishing UPSR and PT3 had increased children’s motivation to learn or had the opposite effect instead.

UPSR was abolished in 2021 while PT3 was cancelled in the same year and officially abolished in 2022.

Last week, Fadhlina told the Dewan Rakyat that the government would not reverse its decision to abolish the UPSR and PT3 examinations.

Instead, she said the government’s attention was on strengthening the current academic session final examination (UASA) system for Year Six and Form Three students.

Fadhlina said the UASA, a school-based exam at the end of the school year, was designed to reduce stress for pupils instead of them having to take national exams.