PUTRAJAYA: The future of our schoolchildren will be compromised with the Government reversing the teaching of Science and Mathematics from English to Bahasa Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
Dr Mahathir, who was behind the original policy of teaching both subjects in English, said his intention was to ensure that Malaysians were able to face global challenges at the earliest opportunity.
Expressing sadness on the policy reversal, he said schoolchildren would find it difficult to know more about the developments in the field of Science.
“These matters, of course, cannot be resolved overnight. But it’s the Government’s responsibility to train and supply capable teachers. I’m confident that our teachers will be able to study and teach in English,” he told reporters at his Perdana Leadership Foundation office yesterday.
Dr Mahathir said it was good that more teachers would be trained in English.
“But if we can train teachers to learn English, why can’t we do the same by training them to learn and teach Science and Mathematics in English?,” the former Prime Minister asked.
Dr Mahathir also questioned why no one protested when the medium of teaching in English in the colonial times was changed to Bahasa Malaysia.
“And at that time, not many teachers knew the national language. Now, it’s all right if we mix a little bit of Malay and English, but at the same time we need to improve the ability of our teachers too,” he added.
On his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is the Education Minister, before the new policy was announced, Dr Mahathir said he was only given a briefing.
Ratu kata: Nampaknya kita dah bukan makin ke hadapan... tetapi melangkah ke belakang... sedihnya dengan perkembangan terbaru..nampak sangat sistem pendidikan kita pun telah dipolitikkan .... walaupun TPM kata politik tidak mempengaruhi keputusan... org2 politik ni ramai yang berkemampuan hantar anak bersekolah ke sekolah antarabangsa... 'medium language' dia omputih... kita yang tak berkemampuan tetapi masih mahu anak2 dididik dengan dengan bahasa inggeris, itupun cuma dalam mata pelajaran sains dan mathematic pun diketepikan hak kita... belajar tinggi2...tapi otak letak kat lutut....saya percaya ramai ibu bapa yang mengeluh dengan keputusan ini... sabarlah anak2 mami... ini cabaran buat anak2 mami... insyaAllah...anak2 mami akan berjaya dunia dan akhirat...amin..
Salam Yang
ReplyDeleteItulah bila hak dan keadilan untuk anak2 kita mendapatkan pendidikan di politikan oleh pemimpin2 dan bijak pandai pejuang bahasa yang dah kaya raya. Kita ni ibarat mentimum mereka langgar kita hancur...anak kita tak boleh lebih pandai dari anak mereka sebab tu selagi mereka berkuasa selagi itulah anak2 mereka yang akan diutamakan.Apa apa pun politikus sekarang ni macam tikus membaiki labu baik yang jadi kerajaan atau yang jadi pembangkang sama aje sombong bodohnya sebab mereka yang lebih tahu membohong.....