This was a news article written by Max de
Lotbiniere on July 2009. The article reported the decision of the Malaysian government to abandon the policy of teaching Mathematics and Science in English
(PPSMI). It was first implemented by Malaysia’s prime minister, Dr Mahathir
Mohamad in 2003 with the intention to produce a new generation of global
communicators. However, this policy will now be phased out from 2012 because
‘it has not achieved the desired objectives’, mentioned by Muhyiddin Yassin, the
Education Minister.
The main reasons which led to this decision were
that Muhyiddin believed students were performing less well in Mathematics and
Science in national exams after implementing the policy and that some
politicians and linguists, especially ethic Malay believed PPSMI policy undermines
their Malay culture.
I do not agree with the government decision to drop
PPSMI policy as it will hurt graduates competing for jobs against people from
other countries like Singapore and decrease the competitiveness of the country
in global market due to the poor English skills. English is the international language in the technology,
medicine and the sciences fields. The poor standard of English among Malaysian
workers has been a longstanding complaint by most investors including Intel. Malaysian
Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Shamsuddin Bardan once said poor
command of the language among fresh graduates is one of the top grouses of
employers. He thinks that PPSMI was scrapped too soon and it would take at
least 15 years to justify if a policy was a success. [1]
Furthermore, universities
use English as a medium of instruction in courses related to science and
technology. Following the abandonment of PPSMI policy, will
government still be able to prepare students to cope with the higher level of
competence needed for tertiary education when English is just a subject in the
school curriculum? A rally called Parents for PPSMI (P4P) was held whereby a
crowd of parents asks for PPSMI policy to be retained and to seek an overall
review of education for the benefits of their children. In my opinion, PPSMI policy
needs to be retained to bring the education system in Malaysia to the next
phase of development.
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This was a news article written by Max de Lotbiniere /on Wrong Word/ July 2009. The article reported the decision of the Malaysian government to abandon the policy of teaching Mathematics and Science in English (PPSMI). It was first implemented by Malaysia’s prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 2003 with the intention to produce a new generation of global communicators. However, this policy will now be phased out from 2012 because ‘it has not achieved the desired objectives’, ^ mentioned by *Muhyiddin Yassin, the Education Minister. Source?
ReplyDeleteThe main reasons which led to this decision /were Verb form/ that Muhyiddin believed students were performing less well in Mathematics and Science in national exams after implementing the policy and that some politicians and linguists, especially /ethic wrong word/ Malay /believed VerbForm/ ^ PPSMI policy undermines their Malay culture.
I do not agree with the /government Word form/ decision to drop ^ PPSMI policy as it will hurt graduates competing for jobs against people from other countries like Singapore and decrease the competitiveness of the country in ^ global market due to the poor English skills. English is the international language in the technology, medicine and the sciences fields. The poor standard of English among Malaysian workers has been a longstanding complaint by most investors including Intel. Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director *Shamsuddin Bardan once said poor command of the language among fresh graduates /isVF/Parallel/ one of the top grouses of employers. He thinks that PPSMI was scrapped too soon and it would take at least 15 years to justify if a policy was a success.* [1] *How do you cite?
Furthermore, universities use English as a medium of instruction in courses related to science and technology. Following the abandonment of PPSMI policy, will /governmentWF/ still be able to prepare students to cope with the higher level of competence needed for tertiary education when English is just a subject in the school curriculum? A rally called Parents for PPSMI (P4P) was held whereby a crowd of parents /asksVF/ for ^ PPSMI policy to be retained and to seek an overall review of education for the /benefitsWF/ of their children. In my opinion, PPSMI policy needs to be retained to /bringWW/ the education system in Malaysia to the next phase of development.
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