Posted: 08-07-09 Wed 7:24 pm
Government scraps teaching of maths and science in English
UPDATED
By Adib Zalkapli
PUTRAJAYA, July 8 — The government today decided to end the policy of teaching mathematics and science in English or PPSMI in both primary and secondary schools effective from 2012.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, in an announcement today, said the two subjects will be taught in Bahasa Melayu in national schools and Tamil and Chinese for vernacular schools.
The Education Minister added that the changes would not affect Form Six and matriculation programmes.
"The government made the decision after studying closely research on PPSMI that shows that PPSMI could not be implemented as expected," Muhyiddin told a special press conference here.
He said the decision was fair and made carefully after witnessing the implementation in the first six years after its introduction.
He also denied that the decision to scrap the policy was politically motivated.
"This decision is not political, we made the decision not for political mileage. What is Manek Urai compared to the future of our children," said Muhyiddin.
He however denied that the PPSMI policy had failed.
"I wouldn't say it was a complete failure, but it did not achieve what it was supposed to achieve," he said.
Introduced in 2003, the policy has been heavily criticised by Chinese educationists and Malay-language activists, but a recent survey by the independent Merdeka Center showed that 58 per cent of 1,060 voters interviewed supported the policy.
Muhyiddin had admitted in Parliament last month that students had not shown significant improvement in the two subjects over the past six years.
But he said today the intention of the policy, which is to improve English language proficiency among Malaysian students, will continue to be upheld.
The measures to be introduced include recruiting some 14,000 new English language teachers. Currently there are more than 30,000 English teachers nationwide.
Muhyiddin also said the lesson duration for English language would also be doubled for lower primary students to 120 minutes a week, while for upper primary it would be increased from 90 minutes to 120 minutes a week.
For secondary students, the duration will be increased from 200 minutes to 280 minutes a week.
http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.ph ... in-english
连中学英文教数理都被改回国文教数理，我比较赞成小学母语教数理，然后中学英文教数理。因为中学要衔接去中六和大学的课程，而中六使用英语的和大学多数用英语。
请看郑丁贤的评论：
評論：鄭丁賢‧一代白老鼠
2009-07-08 18:25
這個急轉彎，是不是轉過頭了？
沒錯，很多人要恢復母語教數理；正確的說，小學用母語教數理。
慕尤丁的宣佈很驚人，不但恢復小學用母語教數理，連中學也用回國語教數理。
一鍋粥有些淡，拿進廚房加點鹽；怎知，廚師把整包鹽都倒了進去。
這下，這鍋粥怎麼吃啊！
廚師瞪你一眼，說道：“你不是說不夠鹹嗎！你不吃，別人要吃。”
但是，哪些人愛吃這麼重口味？
他們是代表多數嗎？不能接受重口味的，又怎麼辦？
實施了6年，也吵了6年的英語教數理，最後竟然是這麼收場；一句話：白忙一場。
從馬哈迪的一意孤行，到阿都拉時代猶疑不決，來到慕尤丁手裡，來個180度的急轉彎。
其實，英語教數理的問題，有3種意見，代表了大馬社會的3個區塊。
第一種意見，保留英語教數理；持這種立場者，主要是各族群的英語源流家庭。他們習慣英語，也以英語為優先。
第二種意見，小學用母語教數理，中學用英語教數理；各族群中產階級，以及母語源流的家庭，傾向於這種選擇。
他們認為小學階段用母語學習數理，效果更好，也可以維護母語的完整性。到了中學，則改用英語，以便和高等教育接軌。
第3種意見，小學以母語，中學以馬來文學數理；主要的推動和支持者，是馬來文化界和民族主義人士，他們以馬來文的地位為優先考量。
慕尤丁的決定，切合第3種意見，也迎合了馬來文化界和民族主義人士的喜好。這些人士，是傳統馬來社會的主導力量，也是巫統的擁護者。馬哈迪實施英語教數理政策，激起他們反彈，對巫統產生離心；而回教黨和公正黨也趁機爭取他們的支持。
英語教數理固然是教育課題，然而，它也已經演變成政治課題。巫統不能允許這些傳統的支持者投向對手的懷抱，在政策上必須投他們之所好。
不過，這項決定，卻讓第一、第二區塊的人民感到失望。
與此同時，也意味著年投下的資源，化為烏有；一代的學生，成為白老鼠。
星洲日報／馬荷加尼‧作者：鄭丁賢‧2009.07.08
http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/node/10654
UPDATED
By Adib Zalkapli
PUTRAJAYA, July 8 — The government today decided to end the policy of teaching mathematics and science in English or PPSMI in both primary and secondary schools effective from 2012.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, in an announcement today, said the two subjects will be taught in Bahasa Melayu in national schools and Tamil and Chinese for vernacular schools.
The Education Minister added that the changes would not affect Form Six and matriculation programmes.
"The government made the decision after studying closely research on PPSMI that shows that PPSMI could not be implemented as expected," Muhyiddin told a special press conference here.
He said the decision was fair and made carefully after witnessing the implementation in the first six years after its introduction.
He also denied that the decision to scrap the policy was politically motivated.
"This decision is not political, we made the decision not for political mileage. What is Manek Urai compared to the future of our children," said Muhyiddin.
He however denied that the PPSMI policy had failed.
"I wouldn't say it was a complete failure, but it did not achieve what it was supposed to achieve," he said.
Introduced in 2003, the policy has been heavily criticised by Chinese educationists and Malay-language activists, but a recent survey by the independent Merdeka Center showed that 58 per cent of 1,060 voters interviewed supported the policy.
Muhyiddin had admitted in Parliament last month that students had not shown significant improvement in the two subjects over the past six years.
But he said today the intention of the policy, which is to improve English language proficiency among Malaysian students, will continue to be upheld.
The measures to be introduced include recruiting some 14,000 new English language teachers. Currently there are more than 30,000 English teachers nationwide.
Muhyiddin also said the lesson duration for English language would also be doubled for lower primary students to 120 minutes a week, while for upper primary it would be increased from 90 minutes to 120 minutes a week.
For secondary students, the duration will be increased from 200 minutes to 280 minutes a week.
http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.ph ... in-english
连中学英文教数理都被改回国文教数理，我比较赞成小学母语教数理，然后中学英文教数理。因为中学要衔接去中六和大学的课程，而中六使用英语的和大学多数用英语。
请看郑丁贤的评论：
評論：鄭丁賢‧一代白老鼠
2009-07-08 18:25
這個急轉彎，是不是轉過頭了？
沒錯，很多人要恢復母語教數理；正確的說，小學用母語教數理。
慕尤丁的宣佈很驚人，不但恢復小學用母語教數理，連中學也用回國語教數理。
一鍋粥有些淡，拿進廚房加點鹽；怎知，廚師把整包鹽都倒了進去。
這下，這鍋粥怎麼吃啊！
廚師瞪你一眼，說道：“你不是說不夠鹹嗎！你不吃，別人要吃。”
但是，哪些人愛吃這麼重口味？
他們是代表多數嗎？不能接受重口味的，又怎麼辦？
實施了6年，也吵了6年的英語教數理，最後竟然是這麼收場；一句話：白忙一場。
從馬哈迪的一意孤行，到阿都拉時代猶疑不決，來到慕尤丁手裡，來個180度的急轉彎。
其實，英語教數理的問題，有3種意見，代表了大馬社會的3個區塊。
第一種意見，保留英語教數理；持這種立場者，主要是各族群的英語源流家庭。他們習慣英語，也以英語為優先。
第二種意見，小學用母語教數理，中學用英語教數理；各族群中產階級，以及母語源流的家庭，傾向於這種選擇。
他們認為小學階段用母語學習數理，效果更好，也可以維護母語的完整性。到了中學，則改用英語，以便和高等教育接軌。
第3種意見，小學以母語，中學以馬來文學數理；主要的推動和支持者，是馬來文化界和民族主義人士，他們以馬來文的地位為優先考量。
慕尤丁的決定，切合第3種意見，也迎合了馬來文化界和民族主義人士的喜好。這些人士，是傳統馬來社會的主導力量，也是巫統的擁護者。馬哈迪實施英語教數理政策，激起他們反彈，對巫統產生離心；而回教黨和公正黨也趁機爭取他們的支持。
英語教數理固然是教育課題，然而，它也已經演變成政治課題。巫統不能允許這些傳統的支持者投向對手的懷抱，在政策上必須投他們之所好。
不過，這項決定，卻讓第一、第二區塊的人民感到失望。
與此同時，也意味著年投下的資源，化為烏有；一代的學生，成為白老鼠。
星洲日報／馬荷加尼‧作者：鄭丁賢‧2009.07.08
http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/node/10654
