English > BM

I'm still perplexed and shocked that the Cabinet has decided that the medium of instruction for Math and Science will be reverted back to Bahasa Malaysia in national schools and mother-tongue languages in national-type schools from 2012 onwards. This reversal is indeed deeply disappointing and it would not be an exaggeration if I claim such choice to be... lunatic and all bonkers.

They claimed that “The gap between rural and urban students has widened since PPSMI started." Personally, that would not be a logical reason to abolish PPSMI after only 6 short years of implementation. Asked whether the government was wasting billions of ringgit abolishing PPSMI? They claimed that the government did not want the policy to fail to meet its objective after spending so much money. Now THAT is what I call double jeopardy.

Despite the fact that many studies and researches had been conducted before making such drastic decisions, don't you think it's evident that the pros outweighs the minute problems that could be ironed out over a period of time?

They are many changes in store to neutralise the after effects of such... tragic. Doubling time needed for English lessons for primary school level, introduction of English literature for upper primary school as well as re-introducing literature for secondary schools. At the same time, Malay-language curriculum would focus on the appreciation of the Malay literature as well as bolstering the students' skills in grammar, reading, listening, writing, speaking and the overall command of the language.

They are reverting back to from English medium to Malay claiming that it could not be implemented as desired after scrutinizing after various outcomes, YET more protocols are suggested to polish and appreciate Malay language; the irony.

Students are treated like laboratory mice, being experimented over and over again. Soon, everything will be overactive and finally cause an explosion. The government has done it again! Initially it was scholarship issue, now this… I wonder what’s next on the list?

On a brighter note, Dr. Mahathir is sane enough to create a poll on his blog based on this issue. Based on the results, 13830 [14%] supported the government's decision to teach science and math in BM while 86324 [86%] ... INTELLIGENT, RATIONAL ones didn't!

To those '13830 Malaysians' out there, YOU SUCK!!!