LETTER | Our minister must ask why our students’ grasp of English so stubbornly poor.
| Maszlee Malik’s remarks on the Mandarin language requirement by employers as justification for matriculation quotas, raises a deeper question: do our graduates have sufficient language proficiency?
Mandarin is definitely out of the question. Otherwise, we would not have politicians up in arms against employers seeking “Mandarin speakers”. Never mind the fact that Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world and China is set to become the world’s largest economy. While mastering another language takes times, our minister must ask why our students’ grasp of English so stubbornly poor despite spending 11 years studying it in school? Should Mandarin be given more emphasis given its growing importance in today’s business environment? How do we address the weak command of Bahasa Malaysia among students from vernacular schools? What can be done better to help our graduates with sub-standard language skills in preparation for a more globalised...
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