KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) continued its attacks today against the government's decision yesterday to scrap the policy of teaching science and mathematics in English introduced six years ago.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said parents of children in urban national schools should be given the option of learning the two subjects in English because of the existence of better teaching facilities.
"If a sufficient number of parents want to continue in English it should be continued in English," Lim told a press conference.
He hoped that his recommendation would prevent a confrontation between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who said yesterday he was saddened by the Cabinet's decision to scrap the policy introduced during his administration.
Meanwhile, PKR asked the government to immediately scrap the policy.
"We are of the view that the decision falls short of expectation and is a disappointment. It deliberately delays what ought to be implemented early," said its deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali.
"What is disappointing is that the Cabinet decided that the termination of this unwise policy should take effect only from 2012 and not immediately next year," he added.
Yesterday Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the scrapping of the teaching of mathematics and science in English in all primary and secondary schools effective 2012, citing failure to achieve its objectives as intended.
But Muhyiddin, who is also the education minister, said the government would also implement several new measures to improve the teaching of English in schools in an attempt to improve proficiency in the language.
MI
09/07/09
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said parents of children in urban national schools should be given the option of learning the two subjects in English because of the existence of better teaching facilities.
"If a sufficient number of parents want to continue in English it should be continued in English," Lim told a press conference.
He hoped that his recommendation would prevent a confrontation between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who said yesterday he was saddened by the Cabinet's decision to scrap the policy introduced during his administration.
Meanwhile, PKR asked the government to immediately scrap the policy.
"We are of the view that the decision falls short of expectation and is a disappointment. It deliberately delays what ought to be implemented early," said its deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali.
"What is disappointing is that the Cabinet decided that the termination of this unwise policy should take effect only from 2012 and not immediately next year," he added.
Yesterday Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the scrapping of the teaching of mathematics and science in English in all primary and secondary schools effective 2012, citing failure to achieve its objectives as intended.
But Muhyiddin, who is also the education minister, said the government would also implement several new measures to improve the teaching of English in schools in an attempt to improve proficiency in the language.
MI
09/07/09
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