There is round table closed meeting organized at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) which participated by various key figures, writers and activists to discuss about dual language programme (DLP) dan high immersive programme (HIP). Those two initiatives especially DLP suspected as strategic move to re-implement the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI). The implementation of PPSMI had been hotly debated among various group and opposed by many people including academics, writers and cultural activists. The PPSMI then scrapped in 2009 and replaced by Upholding Malay Language, Strengthening English (MBMMBI) policy.
Read, Pertemuan Meja Bulat Isu Sistem Dwibahasa Pendidikan Negara bermula (in Malay language).
Read, Pertemuan Meja Bulat Isu Sistem Dwibahasa Pendidikan Negara bermula (in Malay language).
Everytime there is a new minister, there will always be a new policy. It is disheartening to see people play around with such an important policy like this. Education is not a thing to play around. It is a tool used to shape human being. Therefore, such short sighted policy like ppsmi is a big misfortune to our nation-building when this policy is like re-enforcing the statement of how hopeless our people, our language and our pride such that we need to cling to English for us to be modern.
ReplyDeletethis time, it is not such about new minister. but it came from PEMANDU.
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