According to the New Straits Times, the final meeting on the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English will be held tomorrow (16th Dec) the Putrajaya International Convention Centre with more than 200 politicians, academics and representatives of non-governmental organisations and parent-teacher associations attending it to discuss the pros and cons of it. Why do we need politicians here, anyways ?
Interesting to note that representatives of the Australian Qualification and Standard Assessment Body will also be attending the meeting. Huh ? Why do we need foreign expertise to plan the future of our education system ? And why those from Australia ? Why not Finland - which I heard has been hailed as having one of the best education system in the world ?
Whatever it is, you can be sure that the Ministry of Education is having a BIG headache over this matter as apparently they've been getting all kinds of different feed backs from different quarters. As for me, I'll be happy to see the continuation of PPSMI since it'll mean more allowance for me - hehe :-D Okay, seriously speaking, I don't mind either way but I really hope that the government will truly take into consideration of the students who are not proficient enough in English to enable them to study Maths and Science in English. If they're serious about improving the standard of English among Malaysian students, there need to be a revamp in the ways of teaching English itself and not impose it via those two subjects.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment