NO MORE ENGLISH IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS BY 2012.
No more English in science and mathematics by 2012. That is the long overdue decision from the Ministry of Education on the policy of teaching science and mathematics in English (PPSMI). The Education Minister stressed it is purely an objective decision and cited the rationale of the decision is based on poor English competence among teachers, widening performance gap between rural schools and urban schools. In a press conference, he again refuted the claim of political influence in the decision-making process.
The decision is not likely to please everybody, and the debate is sure to rage for years to come. After all, it is an issue that affects all parents in the country. On his blog, Dr Mahathir Mohamad has conducted a poll to survey public opinion on the matter. About 72 percent of the respondents are against the government decision. But then, the teaching of Math and Science in English was the brainchild of this former prime minister, and the recent reversal by the current government can only be seen by him as a betrayal of his personal legacy.
Dr. Mahathir who disappointedly said:
“Seems to me like the Government is not listening to the voices of the people. Perhaps a blog poll might enlighten the Government as to the opinions of the people”
As the prominent social activist, Marina Mahathir put it:
Sad, because the leadership that we have do not have the spine to stand up to minority interests. Sad, because our children are sacrificed because the BN wants to win one by-election.
When rural schools are not as well equipped as urban ones, is that not to be expected? If you look at performance overall, doesn't that hold true anyway? Why should English be made the excuse for unequal distribution of resources between rural and urban schools? Surely when you see poor results from rural schools, what needs to be done is to improve the teaching in those schools. Not reverse an entire policy and bring urban kids down along with everyone else.
posted by: Siti Nur Nadiah binti Zakaria ( A122987)
6 comments:
Actually, i agree with goverment about this decision, because i know and believe that Bahasa Melayu have a potencial to be a international language one day..(^,^)..
- siti nur nadiah binti zakaria(A122987)
Do you support Marina Mahathir's comments? dt
About BM ahving the potential to international language one day? What make you say so? I don't see any indications in that direction? So you are saying our children should be sacrificed in the meantime?
No. I think that marina's mahathir opinion is releted by her emosional to support the mahathir's opinion and not because profesional person. On the other hand, this change is not about politician but because our goverment realized that they have to, that to make our children to more understand what they learn in their languange.
Yes. I think BM ahving to be international language one day, because BM one time ago as 'lingua franca' in east asian. So, today if our goverment more apperacite their 'bahasa kebangsaan', its not impossible to make BM as a international language.
But, we should realized that BI as a domanain language today. So, our children not should sacrificed what they learn in their own language, but must and should refer to english version to more understand and more knowledge.
-siti nur nadiah binti zakaria-
-A122987-
setakat pandai english..bijak pandai..tapi suka menghancurkan umah tangga org....ni nama perempuan x guna study tinggi2 ckp bi..sampai ukm..tapi kuat tido dgn jantan..hahaha
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