PTAs should conform to govt decision on PPSMI: WeeKUALA LUMPUR (March 23, 2010): The parent-teacher associations (PTA) in schools nationwide should just conform to the government's move to abolish the Teaching of Science and Maths in English (PPSMI) and replace it with a new policy, instead of debating it at PTA meetings.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said, as sufficient time was given for the debate on the issue before the move was taken, schools should not argue about it.
"The function of a PTA is to complement what the school has been doing, and their discussions should revolve around how to improve the performance of the school," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby here today.
Wee was responding to a newspaper report today, which said that PTAs were not allowed to discuss matters which opposed the ministry's policies.
Kuala Lumpur Education Department director Mohd Adenan Deraman said the ministry had received information that the PPSMI policy was made part of the agenda of PTA meetings at several schools.
He said action would be taken against the PTA committee if the matter was still discussed.
Wee said PTA meetings were allowed to discuss the ministry's policy as long as it did not oppose it.
"For example, if they want to have a programme to help the students, including extra classes, it could be discussed, and it is even welcomed if they want to forward any of the suggestions to the ministry.
"I don't see any problem when they just talk about the policy. The policy is there. Because of the policy, the school just conducts whatever syllabus (decided) in school," he added. -- Bernama
tunku : what we understand is that PTA is parent teachers association.so why can't the parents debate on something that is for their children? it doesn't mean that when the government says NO, the people can't object.don't repeat the mistakes done by the previous government.the parents have their rights so let them voice out whatever they feel right for their children.it is good that they bring the matter to the meetings rather than going on the roads.LISTEN MUHYIDDIN.
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Assalamualaikum Tunku,
the GAPENA WON! MUHYIDDIN WON, PARENTS?...can we call we are loser?
Education is too important a subject to be left to politicians. When you consider that in the affairs of state any decision taken today will only show its full results 10 years down the road it becomes even more important for full debate on subjects such as education. We are now 50 tyears old and we do not have stability in our education sysyem. By now we should have done away with all the tinkering and our Education system should be similar to the FI racing car. Purring away bringing new exposure to our children.
It looks like that we now have to go to the second option. Just as I have the choice to select my toothpaste , perhaps the time has come for the Ministry Of Education to provide the infrastructure for education and allow the parents to choose which type of school they want to send their children. To some extent this choice is already available for that 1% of the haves when it comes to pre-university eeducation and University education. Why not allow this go even further down.
When all is and said and done education is what is left in you after you have forgotten whatever you have laernt.Ramalx
This surely is not in tandem with the One Malaysia concept of People first,Performance Now!
Parents are one of the stakeholders in the children's education. We are not against the policy decision to teach science and maths in BM but we want the option to continue with PPSMI. If we as parents cannot discuss such inportant issues in PTA in a democratic way,then it looks like we have to do it the uncivil way that is show our frustrations through street demostrations ?
We just do not understand why the government just do not want to listen to us.
Bolehkah kita mempelajari nahu Bahasa Inggeris atau Bahasa Melayu menerusi pengajaran subjek Sains dan Matematik. Adakah memadai mempelajari suatu bahasa hanya di sekolah, iaitu suatu pembelajaran terhenti atau tidak berterusan hingga ke tua? Ikuti pandangan YM. Profesor Diraja Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid di YouTube (klik di sini)
Yang mana kita perlukan Resolusi Bahasa atau Revolusi Bahasa? Revolusi Bahasa adalah satu ideologi, cadangan dan juga desakan oleh seorang bekas hakim bernama Mokhtar Hj. Mansor menerusi suratnya kepada PM dan menteri-menteri sekitar tahun 1990 yang mendesak supaya pelajaran subjek Sains dan Matematik diajarkan dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Dakwaannya bahawa pengajaran subjek Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris dapat melonjakkan prestasi pelajar dalam kedua-dua subjek ini mula mendapat perhatian umum terutama menteri-menteri menerusi bukunya “Revolusi Bahasa Bahasa Revolusi” (Utusan Malaysia 17 hb Julai 1991).
Sedikit mengenai pembohongan Mokhtar Hj Mansor, sila layari blog ini : http://mokhtarmansor.blogspot.com/.
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