KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — The Education Ministry has summoned the Examinations Board for a briefing following the uproar here over the allegedly politically-driven questions in this year’s SPM Moral paper.

Deputy minister Chong Sin Woon said he has already been in touch with the board and that a meeting will be held some time this week.

“I have called for a briefing by the Lembaga Peperiksaan to look into the matter. The meeting that will take place within this week,” he told Malay Mail Online when contacted, referring to the board by its Malay name.

Last Thursday, Malay Mail Online reported students complaining that the SPM Moral examination included political questions, including one depicting a teenager encountering a promotional poster for an anti-government rally in which participants would receive RM100, and inviting a friend to join in.

Malay Mail Online was unable to verify the contents of the SPM Moral paper as the examination is “closed”, which means students are not allowed to take home the question sheets.

Parents and education lobby groups, however, later complained over the possibility that the SPM examinees were forced to answer politically-skewed questions, saying the classroom is not the place for politics.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang also made a call on the ministry to make publicly release the Moral paper questions to allow the Malaysians to judge whether the questions were appropriate for a national-level exam.

Examination Board director Datin Nawal Salleh today also responded to Malay Mail Online via email to say that the board was in the midst of preparing an official statement in response to the claims.