KUCHING, Nov 12 — The Sarawak government will set up a committee to monitor the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English in Primary One classes next year, state Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin said today. He said the committee will consist of...
Tuesday, 12 Nov 2019 02:29 PM MYTManyin said the state government does not want the teaching in English to fail like the dual language programme policy. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
He said the committee will consist of representatives from the state ministry, relevant federal government agencies and non-governmental organisations . “We will give six months or even one year for the committee to monitor the progress of the teaching of science and mathematics in English,” he told reporters after his wind-up speech in the state legislative assembly here.
He said under the dual language programme, teachers are given the option to teach science and mathematics either in English or Bahasa Malaysia.Manyin said the state has prepared sufficiently to make the switch a success, including providing training to the 2,853 primary school science and mathematics teachers and resource materials in English on both subjects.
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