PETALING JAYA: The Education Ministry’s efforts to improve the nation’s English have left teachers and parents feeling anxious.
The Education Ministry’s efforts to improve the nation’s English have left teachers and parents feeling anxious.
And by December, English option teachers who have yet to take any proficiency tests will have to sit for the Malaysian University English Test using their own funds. “However, this is a positive step towards improving English among Malaysians, placing us on a level playing field with other nations.”Another parent who wished to be known only as Fauzia, and whose son is sitting for the PT3 this year, is all for better quality students but is concerned over how it would affect students who were less proficient in English.
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