It says ministry should identify the causes rather than blame it on teachers’ poor grasp of the language.
The Education Ministry and stakeholders of the education sector need to make a comprehensive study to determine the cause of poor English language proficiency among students, rather than blame it on teachers’ poor grasp of the language.
"Our view is that besides shortage of option teachers there may be other factors such as environment or lack of motivation as students are not required to pass the English language subject in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination and so forth, so we have to sit down together to discuss the factors."
On April 14, Education director-general Dr Amin Senin in a circular, issued a directive for teachers teaching English Language to sit for MUET, in order to review the level of English proficiency in line with the requirements set out in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025. It was also notified that 20,634 teachers have yet to sit for any tests to determine their level of English proficiency and they were urged to sit for MUET.
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