Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Science & Mathematics In English

Good day to everyone,
As everyone know, in Malaysia Teaching Science and Mathematics In English Had been implemented since 2003 for six years. And now as all know the protest against this policy is getting more and more. Many NGO and political parties have started to show their policy by many ways including making a police report.
All their claim is this policy is not suitable for our country as for the status of Bahasa Malaysia as Bahasa Kebangsaan is being harmed. But then is it really true? Does this policy really threatens the status of BM as our national, official language? We all need to think this issue wisely and evaluate it.
First of all, lets look into what is the main cause for these people to protest this policy.
1. This policy harms the status of Bahasa Melayu which is the National Language(Bahasa Kebangsaan).
2. This policy doesn't improvise the student's from rural area especially those parent's are uneducated.
3.This policy requires students to understand the correct meaning of certain terms in English and lack of English profiency makes them unable to understand.
Now lets see what we can see from these 3 main issues.
First of all this policy doesn't going to harm the status of BM since most of the technical terms in Science are actually English. Then the usage of English i education doesn't change the usage of BM in daily oife for official matters especially in Government departments.
Then for the second issue which saying that this doesn't help the students from rural area, I feel like this is just a reason for them to protest. Even when having these two subjects in Malay also it didn't help these students from rural area to improve themself. The quality of these subjects are depends on how hard the students involve themself in the studies and how hard the involvement of teachers in teaching these subjects.
The last issue saying that these two subjects involves many terms in English which aren't understandable. But the puzzle is the student's are going to use these terms forever in their life especially when they are going to study. Then how far can these terms is difficult to be understand? The English subject is the subject that needed the student to improve their vocabulary? So does that means that we can ask the government to teach the English in Malay itself so that the students can understand the subject a bit easier.
Each time the government implement a new system or policy in its education system, the students and teachers becomes the experiment subject. We all as Malaysians should think wisely before making a decision. As for me as i'm looking into the future of Malaysia and the students, i feel that ETEMS should be carried on for the better future of Malaysia and its people. Please support Science and Mathematics in English.

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