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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Zairil boils over RM1 billion education flip-flop

Not much thought is put into policies before they are carried out, Bukit Bendera MP says.
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PETALING JAYA: Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari today chastised the Education Ministry for going back on its decision to make English a compulsory pass subject in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations beginning 2016, calling it another instance of flip-flopping on policy and an “extravagant” waste of public funds.
“The postponement is an admission that the government has failed to improve English standards despite spending more than RM1 billion in the last few years,” the DAP lawmaker said.
Having abolished its previous policy of teaching Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI), the Ministry in 2012 came up with another costing RM200 million annually. Called “Upholding Bahasa Malaysia and Strengthening the Command of English” (MBMMBI), it was aimed at making our students fluent in both languages.
“The government has also spent RM454 million in the last five years to import foreign mentors to train our English teachers,” Zairil points out.
Having spent more than RM1 billion over the last few years on specific programmes to improve the standard of English in our schools, why is the government not confident of our students attaining a pass in the subject, Zairil asks.
He said that this latest decision together with the recent postponement of the Science Practical Examinations for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Additional Science, scheduled for implementation during this year’s SPM, reveal two worrying things.
“Firstly, it shows (that) education policies are constantly decided upon in an arbitrary manner without considering important issues such as readiness of the system, capacity of teachers and students to adopt and adapt to changes, as well as the state of the existing infrastructure,” he notes.
This was evidenced by the reversal of the PPSMI policy and the removal of major elements of the controversial School-based Assessment (PBS) system after “three years of botched implementation.”
“Clearly, not much thought is put into policies before they are carried out,” he laments.

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