Friday

MALAYSIANS APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE OPTION TO LEARN SCIENCE AND MATH IN ENGLISH~


Friday
Salam...

Baru received email pagi tadi. Just nak share jek kat korang2 yang ada anak~~

Tak sempat nak translate ke BM. Korang paham2 sendiri la yek..hehe~


Dear Students, Parents and Malaysians,

MALAYSIANS APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE OPTION TO LEARN SCIENCE
AND MATHEMATICS IN ENGLISH (RETAIN PPSMI AS AN OPTION)


You would have heard by now that the teaching and learning of Science
and Mathematics in English (better known as PPSMI) will be abolished
in January 2012. The Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE)
has been in the forefront to champion the cause to maintain the policy
for those who wish their children to learn these two (2) subjects in
its lingua franca that is English.


Here is how the abolishment of this policy is going to affect you.

For Primary School Students
You have been learning Science and Mathematics in English since
Standard 1, however when you enter into Form 1, you will have to learn
these subjects in Bahasa Melayu until Form 5 and do your PMR and SPM
in Bahasa Melayu. After SPM, you will revert the study of these two
(2) subjects back to English.


For Secondary School Students
If you are entering Form 1 in 2012, then you have been learning
Science and Mathematics in English since Standard 1, however in 2012,
you will have to learn these subjects in Bahasa Melayu from Form 1
until Form 5 and do your PMR and SPM in Bahasa Melayu.


If you are entering Form 4 in 2012, be prepared ... you may have to
switch to Bahasa Melayu for Science and Maths after learning these
subjects in English for the past 9 years, do your SPM in Bahasa Melayu
and then switch back to English when you enter college or university.
Yes we know this is crazy and unless you are "super-adaptable", you
will most likely be stressed out and confused. We have heard that the
choice of language for Form 4 in 2012 may be determined by the
Gurubesar of the different schools (???).

If you are not in Form 1 or Form 4 in 2012, there is no escape either.
You WILL eventually be affected by the change when you reach Form 4.
If you have just completed your SPM in 2011, then you are in the
luckiest group !!! You will be able to go straight into college and
continue to do these subjects in English.


For Parents and Malaysians in General
After only a few years of implementing PPSMI and despite strong
evidence that PPSMI is good for our students and Malaysia's future
generations, the Government has decided to change its mind and will
abolish this policy in 2012. They think that it is best for ALL
Malaysian school children NOT to learn Science and Mathematics in
English. They actually believe that learning these two subjects in
Bahasa Melayu is adequate and equivalent (or better) than to learn it
in Englsh !!! ???


The sad truth is that despite the constant voices that they hear and
read wishing for the option of PPSMI, the authorities seemed
determined to proceed with the abolishment with the excuse that PPSMI
will be replaced with another policy known as MBMMBI, to improve the
standard of English amongst Malaysian students.
They keep missing the point (maybe on purpose) that we want PPSMI, not
to improve the standard of English but rather, we want PPSMI simply
because of the need to learn the subjects of Science and Mathematics
in its lingua franca, that is English, for our children to be globally
competitive, and for our nation to progress in the desired direction
and speed.


In realising that perhaps the voices speaking out for the retention of
the PPSMI policy (for those who want it) are too soft or too sporadic,
PAGE Malaysia has decided to go all out on a nationwide wide and
international campaign to reach out to as many Malaysian students and
Malaysians wherever they are in the world, to come together as one and
to build up the voice of the "silent majority" to inform the
authorities that there exists a large and substantial number of
Malaysian citizens (children and adults) would like to have the option
for our students to learn Science and Mathematics in English.


We are not against the MBMMBI policy nor are we against the wishes of
other groups who prefer to learn Science and Mathematics in Bahasa
Melayu, Mandarin or Tamil.


We are simply asking to be heard and for the right to have the freedom
of choice for an option to learn these two subjects in English,
alongside Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin and Tamil.

Where and how to make your preference known
PAGE Malaysia has specially set up two (2) separate platforms for
Students and for Parents and Malaysians to register their wishes.

Students are requested to visit :
http://goo.gl/QHd42
Parents and Malaysians are requested to visit : http://goo.gl/cFSlD


2012 is just a mere two (2) months away . do visit the website,
complete the form today and make a difference !!!
Please email, like and share this with all your friends so that we can
quickly collect the numbers that we need to transform us all into a
voice loud enough to be heard.
Hopefully with everybody's effort, we can make this go viral on the
internet and strengthen our voice in the shortest time possible.

Thank you.

PAGE
Parent Action Group for Education (1266-10-WKL)
pagemalaysia@gmail.com
www.pagemalaysia.org
For Our Children. Demi Anak Kita

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