PPSMI, a 5 years of what?
I hope this entry isn’t to late for me to highlight the recent announcement about the end of Teaching Mathematics and Science in English or famously known as PPSMI.
Even the name ‘PPSMI’ is in Malay acronym, so I would rather say it’s well expected the death of PPSMI.
So 5 years has gone, now we’ve move on and starting another chapter of Malaysian Education ‘try & error’ which Bahasa Melayu will be back as the main language of teaching.
What do we learn out of PPSMI?
It’s nothing wrong with teaching both subject in Bahasa Melayu, however there’s nothing bad also if it will continue in English. Policy may change, execution is still the same – budget and allocation money will flow for other different direction.
From now on, teachers in rural area will start smiling because they need no more to screw up his/her mother tongue to explain the complicated process of Photosynthesis which how the plants never give up generating Oxygen for human race even though human always has a way to destroy them.
In Chinese school, one teacher with his/her mother tongue will fluently explaining on how sperms have to fight each other to swim inside the ovary looking for the ovum – just for sake of a better humanity – at the end the human will kill the plant too;
What a cliche..
They said – a main reason of why the Ministry put a stop on PPSMI is the lack of English language skill amongst our teacher;
Excuses or facts?
The solution; more English subject such as literature and grammar will be introduce to improve level of English amongst student, and this without extra schools hours;
Posibble?
How many English teacher will the Ministry sent to all this school and capable to execute the task of changing the tickness of our mother tongue – either Melayu, Cina atau Tamil?
Now or in the next 5 years?
Can the Ministry get all the English mastery ready by 2012?
Some how for me, the new solution is great but it just a solution that’s fluent to shut some mouth; give them (the Language people) some reason to have a new plan for the next 5 years.
So if I’ve a child at age 12 years old (who has been facing 5 years of PPSMI), he/she will finished his/her school in the next 5 years with another round of policy testing;
I wish they would just make PPSMI as it is, and teach the new graduate teacher on how to master their English in the next 2 years instead;
Lucky me, I’ve no kids and ain’t no TPM.. n no Kit Siang too; 
July 10th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Well said Wawa. Indeed it was a waste of money when the mentality had never change. What a shame to have teachers, most likely to be university graduates, being unable to converse well in English, let alone teaching the students in English.
In the end of the day, OUR children fall victim into these ‘political’ policy.
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July 10th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I hope there’s something good will come with the new approach – somehow I feel what the previous Education Minister plan was just only a fail execution – it’s a good intention but somehow with to much emphasis on the wrong thing, it just goes out of hand;
July 10th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
too bad. but alas.. that is the mentality of malaysian..refuse to switch out of their comfort zone..
July 10th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
We’ve to wait and see… what’s the next to comes when the implementation of the new extra English classes – some how I doubt something will change drastically – however I’m hoping that, the new policy would not create another debate why students still bad in Math & Science;
July 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
hej! wahaza…1Malaysia! one nation, one language, one school system, one culture, one loyalty, everything one! one love!
PPSMI only for political gain! nothing more, nothing less…the victims are the children of the sun…
ONE love!
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July 10th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I think it’s rhyme with 1Ass?
I hate those 1Malaysia propaganda – I don’t know who is the person incharge of this ‘Political Racism’ branding creation – Badawi’s Islam Hadhari branding was a failed when none of the people behind them knows what is Islam Hadhari means… and if you check Islamhadhari.gov.my – it was under my name (previously).. and me & Islam Hadhari… it’s such a BUGIL statement…
July 11th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
hej! wahaza…hahahahaha…really rhyme with 1Ass…and i think this one is BUGIL too…;-)
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July 12th, 2009 at 9:02 am
All the parents in my office were complaining like hell…especially those tutoring their children at home. Parents and childrens been victimized for all sort of ‘excuses’ definitely not ‘facts’ as these are known facts for years ……what a shame:(
July 12th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Danial, LOL;
July 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am
2l2m, to my marketing knowledge – the decision was made somehow more likely as a PR strategy for Manik Urai by-election, which UMNO really needed to win after so many wrong step the made lately – by gaining manik urai seat, or winning pattern – somehow is a good PR for any next by-election;
There’s so many sectors in the education industry will get affected; text-book, tuition, alat bantu mengajar all have to be replaced – I feel they should stick with PPSMI for Secondary School;