Instead of teaching Science and Maths in English, the better way is to increase the number of teaching periods for the language and begin from Year One. FMTNews Mahathir TunM
Since the prime minister’s “temporary” takeover of the education portfolio, the country has waited with bated breath wondering what radically new education reforms Dr Mahathir Mohamad has in store for us.
The British Council must be laughing but they are also probably laughing at how gullible Malaysians are. Speaking for the Chinese schools, their record would indicate the folly of changing their medium of instruction for Maths & Science to English: In 1973, when there were still English primary schools in existence, the standard of Maths in Chinese primary schools was higher than that in the former.
In fact, a few years ago, the education ministry was using the Chinese schools as a role model for teaching Mathematics. At the time, typical of the education ministry, the government thought that the key lay in the use of the abacus. The fact was that the Chinese schools had stopped using the abacus years ago.Some people maintain that it is a “small sacrifice” to teach Maths and Science in English.
The consequence is their leaders now lament the loss of Singaporeans’ traditional heritage and have to resort to “Instant Culture” by importing Chinese scholars from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and graduates of the Malaysian Independent Chinese Secondary Schools . If the Tamil and Malay streams choose to teach Maths and Science using the English language, they should have this choice. But it should not be forced down their throats if they insist on keeping their mother tongue system intact.The Chinese education movement through the years has called for the improvement of English and BM in Chinese primary schools. But their repeated requests for teaching English from Year One instead of Year Three were consistently denied by the education ministry.
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