SiPKPM With AI Helps Bring Thousands Of Dropouts Back Into Education
He said the number represents an increase compared to 2,708 dropout students who returned to school in 2024, proving that data-driven approaches and continuous monitoring can significantly increase re-entry rates into the national education system.
'Most recently, SiPKPM has been integrated with the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which can predict the learning and career pathways of at-risk and dropout students who are in Education Ministry (MoE) schools, up to Form Five.
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