SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS IN MALAY chedet.co.cc August 14, 2009 By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 1. The Government has decided that the teaching of science and mathematics would revert to Malay in the Government school, with Chinese in Chinese schools and Tamil in Tamil schools. How this is going to help integrate Malaysians I do not know. 2. Since then I had conducted a poll on my blog. The result is 84 per cent want to retain English as the language medium for these subjects. 3. Admittedly the poll was conducted in the English language and English language speakers might be biased in favour of English. 4. But some parents and teachers had also conducted a survey and the majority are again in favour of English. A petition to the Prime Minister by parents and teachers was copied to me and they were in favour of retaining English. At least one senior non- Malay politician had left a Barisan Nasional component party and joined the opposition because of the switch back to Malay, Tamil and Chinese. He claimed that he could not afford to send his grandchildren abroad as some who advocate Malay as the medium had been doing. 5. I meet a lot of people at the various forums I am invited to speak. During the usual post-meeting tea most of the participants who got to talk with me, mostly Malays regretted the Government's decision to use Malay for Science and Mathematics. 6. The reason that has been given is that Malays, particularly kampung Malays just could not do well when the two subjects were taught in English. If we follow this kind of argument we should also stop trying to get Malays to do business because they really cannot do well in that field. They are best at working as wage-earners, particularly in Government service. We should encourage them not to try to go into business. 7. If we do this then the current anger over the New Economic Policy on the part of the non-Malays would be reduced. 8. Similarly with learning English. Malays just cannot learn and speak English. We should stop teaching it so that the language would not drag down the Malays in their exams. We should see better results. 9. Malays do best at paddy planting and fishing with rods and net. They should be taught to do this, probably with new technology. 10. By switching back to Malay, we can expect them to vote for the Government party at the next election. Similarly we can expect at least some who believe their children's future has been blighted by this decision to think again about voting for the BN. 11. I cannot read Chinese but Utusan Malaysia kindly translated the editorial in the Sin Chew Jit Poh. The editorial basically said that giving "Ang Pow" would not win over the voters. 296 Comments By eNAZ on September 10, 2009 10:41 PM SALAAM TUN, UPSR 2009 KERTAS BAHASA MELAYU SUSAH!! KENAPAKAH KITA HARUS MEMBEBANKAN PELAJAR2 TAHUN 6? SAYA MENDAPAT FEED BACK BUKAN HANYA PELAJAR DI BANDAR MERASAKAN SUSAH MALAH DIPENDALAMAN PUN MERASAKAN. ADAKAH INI SALAH SATU LAGI PROPAGANDA PEMANSUHAN PPSMI? SEDIH DAN KESAL PENDIDIKAN TELAH DIPOLITIKKAN. MARAH MELIHAT ANAK2 MALAYSIA DIJADIKAN BAHAN UJIKAJI. YANG RUGI ADALAH ANAK BANGSA SENDIRI. MEREKA2 YG DGN GAHNYA MEMBANGKANG PANDAI, ANAK CUCU MEREKA DARI KECIL LAGI DIDEDAHKAN KPD BAHASA GLOBAL,BELAJAR DI SEKOLAH2 PRIVATE YG MANA SEMUANYA PRO BAHASA INGGERIS BUKANKAH ITU SATU PENIPUAN NAMANYA? YANG MAMPU MACAM ANAK2 VVIP,KOPRAT BOLEHLAH.JADI BAGAIMANA PULA SENARIO ANAK2 RAKYAT BIASA YG JUGA INGIN MERASA SEKADAR TARAF PEMBELAJARAN DIDLM BAHASA INGGERIS SPT YG DINIKMATI OLEH GOLONGAN TERAMAT MAMPU??? KESIMPULANNYA, BILA KEPUTUSAN UPSR DIUMUMKAN, MAKA ADALAH ALASAN BAHAWA ANAK2 KITA GAGAL MENGUASAI BM.JADI KENALAH MEMARTABATKAN BALIK BM,BUKANKAH BEGITU?? MACAMANALAH KITA HENDAK BERSAING DI PERINGKAT GLOBAL? YA MUNGKIN BOLEH,TERLEWAT KOT NAK SAMPAI, ORANG LAIN DAH MAJU KITA BARU DOK TATIH2. TAKE CARE TUN... By memey on September 8, 2009 12:44 PM Salam kepada semua. Masalah PPSMI seperti ini tidak akan menguntungkan mana-mana pihak. Kepada ibu bapa saya sarankan pelajarilah matapelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris, dan ajarilah kepada anak2 anda. Selesaikan permasalahan bahasa tersebut dari akar umbi, yakni dari rumah anda. Jangan menyalahkan guru semata-mata, atau pun semua perjuangan yang belum sahih pro dan kontra nya. Maklumat di hujung jari anda. Jadilah guru kepada anak2 anda. Salam Ramadhan. By pelangi butler on September 8, 2009 12:16 PM Salam Tun berdua....again a "topic" worth fighting for..... kepada blogger :- tunnusantara (comments posted August 22, 2009 @5am); My comments : nothing that I would argue more...hence...100%-ly agree with your commentary.... Adding some thoughts... Orang2 Punjabi...mana2 didunia kecuali Di Punjab, mereka adalah kaum yang minority but yet their custom and personalities are always prominent...never ask for special Punjabi language schools kah, itu kah dll....cuma hanya minta dibenarkan guna serban kesekolah... Anak cucu mereka diajar menghormati masyarakat sekeliling, berjasa pada negara yang mereka diami, menghormati budaya orang lain & ambil tahu budaya khusus negara yang didiami....they always less asking but giving ada... I orang melayu tapi I rasa I segan juga kat orang2 sikh dan I rasalah cara mereka mengekalkan budaya mereka amat berkesan sekali. Orang sikh kat america berbahasa Inggeris tapi tetap kekalkan adat mereka begitu juga orang sikh di Thailand - berbahasa Thai dirumah tapi sembahyang, makan dan pakai tetap dengan budaya ibunda mereka sendiri. Mungkin kerana mereka mengajar anak2 mereka cara betul..."hormat orang tapi jangan lupa asal keturunan kita..." (mungkin)... Untuk yang lain2 tu ... kalau kita rasa kita, had derailed from the reality (as deliberately speculated by tunnusantara in his/her posting as mentioned...), mungkin kita boleh belajar dengan orang sikh...and they are right in our neighbourbood...! Em....mm....mmmm................. nussantara....!betul kamu! 1Malaysia sepatutnya 1jenis Sekolah (itu pun tak boleh fikir, camana nak fikirkan masa depan anak cucu warga negara)...., Renungan!!! Pemimpin mestilah MEmimpin bukan DIpimpin....hee...hee...hee... Sekian. Terima kasih Tun. E1. By gudgirlz17 on September 8, 2009 2:24 AM Salam Tun and all.. I'm 19 years old..my batch is the last batch that learn science n math in Malay..so now I'm in local university taking account courses..during school,my English is very poor..when they have interview or even oral test, I always get low marks..but when I start study in u, and all the subjects are teach in English I found out that my English became better..Since all the lecturers ask us to speak in English, to ask question in English and so on..So I say to myself that why during my school time, I didn't get the opportunity to learn in English..Now, I not just can improve my English in study, but also in speaking too..Now,I have friends throughout the world because of English, I may have conversation with tourists and so on which all those things I can't do before this because of the lack of English..So I really disappointing that the government have decide to change back the PPSMI..that's all I want to share to u Tun.. By suluh pelita on September 7, 2009 12:59 AM Asalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera 1) Penggunaan BI dalam P&P sains dan matematik adalah perlu. Begitu juga penggunaan BM dalam P&P sains,matematik dan lain-lain adalah perlu. 2) Memang BI adalah bahasa ilmu. Adakah BM tidak boleh dijadikan bahasa ilmu? 3) BM adalah bahasa rasmi negara. Mengapa kita tak cuba daulatkan? 4) Allah berfirman yang mafhumnya,"Taatlah kepada Allah, Taatlah kepada Rasulullah dan Taatlah kepada pemerintah". Jika kita seorang yang beragama islam, kita seharusnya mentaati dan menyokong padu apa-apa yang diarahkan oleh pihak pemerintah/kerajaan kepada kita untuk dilaksanakan. 5) Oleh itu belajarlah untuk mentaati dan menyokong padu penggunaan BM dalam P&P sains dan matematik. By khairul on September 3, 2009 8:15 PM Assalamualaikum Tun, Saya pohon maaf kerana buat banyak posting... Saya nak tambah... Walaupun subjek EST sudah ada.. tapi saya rasa, perlu juga diajarkan (istilah tersebut) dalam subjek Sains Terima Kasih, Khairul By khairul on September 3, 2009 8:06 PM Assalamualaikum Ayahanda Tun, Izinkan saya memberi pendapat, Saya berasa PPSMI tidak perlu dimansuhkan ! Tetapi ia perlu ditukar kepada PPSMBMDBIUIDLL !! Iaitu "Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Malaysia Dan Bahasa Inggeris Untuk Istilah Dan Lain Lain (perlu dikaji lagi!)" Saya mohon maaf jika terdapat salah atau silap. Terima Kasih Khairul By wajaperak on September 2, 2009 1:57 PM Dengan Izin Tun..Terima kasih.. vampiregurl Adik jangan tulis ejaan mcm ni..Nanti pejuang Bahasa semua marah.. Adik hormati lah pejuang-pejuang Bahasa tu yang telah banyak menyumbang kepada negara kita ni...ehem ehem..:) he..he.. Terima kasih Tun. By vampiregurl on September 1, 2009 8:41 PM salam tun, sye adlah first btach bg prngkat sklah mnengah yg mmpljari sc n mat in english. dan sye dpti tidak ada mslah lgsg utk mmprjtik kn nye,apatah lg bg mrid2 dsklah rndah. sye mmpnyai swng adik yg brusia 9 thn. dan sye dpti dia lbh lncar bbhase inggeris krne bhse ini tlah d praktik kn dlm math n sc. jd,adla tdak wjar jke kmntrian hndak mmbubarkn nye.. jika ia danggp ssah,smpai bilakh ia akn mnjdi senang?? jika bkn skrg,ble lg?? tak slah kte bssah2 dhulu snang d kmudian hari. ble mndpt tahu ia nye dbubar kn sye rase sprti malu dgn kaum mlayu yg sye anngap tdk mahu mnerima cbaran. ssah sgt ke nk bljar bhse inggris? sye pn bkn nye dtg dr kluarge yg mnggunkn english as the main lnguage in daily life.