Well, the final roundtable meeting has ended and according to the Deputy Education Minister, all views and opinions will be compiled and handed to the cabinet to decide. (Now what about that BN meeting in which the matter is supposed to be brought up to - according to the Education Minister, no less :-P).
As NST has it, the ministry detailed seven options based on hundreds of different views and comments made so far. (Yes, not two, not three but seven! Gosh, how is the cabinet going to make the decision then ?)
- A continuation of the policy -- teaching Science and Mathematics in English at all school levels.
- The two subjects taught in English at secondary schools, and in the mother tongue (Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin or Tamil) at primary level.
- The two subjects taught in English at secondary schools and Years Four, Five and Six (Level Two) at the primary level. Primary pupils in Years One till Three (Level One) will learn the two subjects in their mother tongue.
- A complete reversal -- Science and Mathematics at the primary level will be taught in the mother tongue, and then taught in Bahasa Malaysia at the secondary level.
- The teaching of the two subjects in the language determined by respective schools, whether in English or the mother tongue.
- The two subjects will be taught in the mother tongue at Level One in primary schools, and in both English and the mother tongue at Level Two. The English policy will only be implemented fully in secondary schools.
- Science not taught at Level One in primary schools, but its contents integrated in other subjects.
BIG headache --- lotsa people are not gonna be happy, no matter what decision it's gonna be.
Btw, here's the results for the polls conducted by ntv7 news yesterday (16th Dec).
- Edisi 7 (7 pm) : Bahasa pengantar yang patut digunakan untuk mengajar Sains dan Matematik
BI : 42% BM : 58%
- English News (8 pm) : Should Science and Maths continued to be taught in English ? (Note : As expected, the viewers wanted the policy to continue but I didn't expect such a whopping majority)
Yes : 90% No : 10%
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