mansuhkan PPSMI

yeah..
all the struggle paid off..
DPM announced that science & maths will be back in BM effective 2012
i felt that it is a wise decision that the DPM considered people's and academic opinions on this issue..
during my practicum, i've written on this topic in my journal..
here is the excerpt..

I had some discussion regarding this issue with some of the teachers. Most of them were uneasy with PPSMI. Some said that it was ad-hoc in implementation and some argued that PPSMI killed students’ interest in Mathematics and Science. Some even said that it killed students’ interest in English either, as students always associate the difficulties of Mathematics and Science to the more fun English learning.

When I talked to some of my friends, they said that my students were far better compared to their students in Batu Feringghi or Batu Maung who hardly understand English. Usually Malay and some Indian students would find it very difficult.

Besides the resistance and confrontation about PPSMI, they were also some that thought PPSMI was a platform for a better education in Malaysia. This followed by the hype that PPSMI will prepare students for a globalised world. Some just laughed off this issue and said that it was another chapter of Malaysian political satire.

Put aside the debate on whether it was political or survival of the language, I viewed this issue as an impromptu action of the ministry. If the ministry wanted the students to be ready for the medium change, we need a proper study from universities and experts not solely on a few opinions from politicians. It may take us 20 years to shift medium and it should be started with schools of strong English medium background such as Convents and Methodist schools as the pioneers.

I knew it was not proper to wrote all these issue that was very controversial for years but I believed that as an educator, one should concern and have a firm stand on this matter. My stand is that this programme should be terminated.

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