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Science & Maths In BM And Mother Tongue In 2012
11 CommentsBack to square 1. I am really saddened by this news, not because they are switching back the language used for teaching Science and Maths. It is making a decision without any execution plan or how they want to implement it. In the news, it is stated that in 2011, student from year 1 and year 4, form 1 and form 4 will be going back to BM/mother tongue for Maths & Science.
Take Tim for example, he is in Std 1 and now he is doing Maths & Science in English.
2009 – Std 1: Maths & Science in English
2010 – Std 2: Maths & Science in English
2011 – Std 3: Maths & Science in English
2012 – Std 4: Maths & Science in BM. I am still wondering how they expect the child to switch especially on all the Science terms. Probably, he has to relearn all the Science terms in BM.
2013 – Std 5: Maths & Science in BM
2014 – UPSR in BM/English. Do you suppose student can answer half in BM and half in English?It will be real difficult for any children and confusing for the teachers. It is like putting our children as guinea pigs. Oh, this decision doesn’t work, never mind we change it. Oh that doesn’t work, we switched back. Who suffers? The children and they are the leaders of the future.
Well at least for those in Chinese school, it will be 2 less subjects for them. However the disadvantage is they learn very little English.
The reason given by the minister is lack of English teachers. I bet if they pay the teachers well, there will be ample supply of English teachers. There are so many graduates who have no jobs, they can teach English to primary students. Is it that difficult?
Come to think of it, if they are taking away subjects in English, the future will be less and less English teachers. Soon, there will be no more English subjects because no competent English teachers.
I really do hope that they will do both Maths & Science in BM and English for those who have started it in English.
Published on July 8, 2009 · Filed under: Education;
11 Responses to “Science & Maths In BM And Mother Tongue In 2012”
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jazzmint said on July 9th, 2009 at 1:52 am
eh i thought they say got transition period for 2 years that the languages gonna be around?
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miche said on July 9th, 2009 at 5:26 am
i was very sadden by the news too. i wish i have the courage to homeschool my children!
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chanelwong said on July 9th, 2009 at 8:57 am
our system keep changing and poor kids got to face all the changes.
Kids like Tim will need to change and it will not be easy transition…
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Jesslyn said on July 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Ya, everything back to square now…whose fault?
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Rachel said on July 9th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
just prove that our education sux big time..
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huisia said on July 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
i am so disappointed too when i read the news..they never think properly before they implemented it.
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Rose said on July 9th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
I am frustrated and disappointed too! Dont know what they think, and they never really think hard on how it affects the students in first place!!
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Magictree said on July 10th, 2009 at 9:01 am
All I can say is I’m really confused!!!!
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Tracy said on July 10th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Didn’t ‘they’ do a survey in the first place before they implement? I’m sure majority of the people, not only parents, students will disagree with the switch.
Malaysia Boleh! Apa pun boleh!
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Me disappointed too. I wonder how my kids are going to cope with Math and Science in Mandarin (since they will be going to a Chinese school). I have no freaking idea how to coach them since I’m yellow banana. And we will have no choice but to spend a fortune on tuition.
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ZMM said on July 22nd, 2009 at 11:29 am
That’s why no ministers send their children to national school.
