Elites are always wanted to have English as the major language but they do not see the poor families are not able to do it.
The whole education standard has gone down is because of the mental health problems among the politicians. Religion is one of the major obstacles.
How many see that China does not use English as the major language but they have sent astronauts to the moon.
The other example is Japan, which does not use English as major language but has won 20 times of Nobel Science Prizes but The Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and The United States of America use English as the major, none of them won more than 10 times of Nobel Science Prizes.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes/
This is the internet age, don't they know the word translation?
Malaysia has no translation bureau or companies doing the scientific translation like in Japan.
Make English as a foreign language, Malaysis can have multple talents in languages and translation would be good. Borrowing ideas from other people is one way of strengthening the country.
No religion classes in the school system would have caused less damage to the progress of the country.
We have talked much about education in the past, we would not want to waste time to repeat it.
How Politics Is Behind Malaysia’s Education Reform Difficulties | Insight | Full Episode
Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, has said that his country “cannot be in denial" about the state of its education system. He made this comment after Malaysia's PISA score, an international student assessment, tumbled far more than its Southeast Asian counterparts. PM Anwar highlighted the urgent need for education reform, pointing to country's lack of STEM graduates. He also wants students to improve in the English language. But tackling education reform in Malaysia is complex, intertwined with language, religion and racial identity. Is Malaysia's education system failing? And what can be done to lift its grade? 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Why education reform became a hot topic in Malaysia 05:17 What happened to the 2013 education reform programme? 09:36 Students from disadvantaged backgrounds left behind 11:50 What are vernacular schools and why are they rising in popularity? 17:05 Have Malay medium schools lost their appeal because of religion? 22:26 Inconsistent language policy on students 24:43 Public vs private schools 26:59 Sarawak implements its own educational reforms 30:28 Confusion over the dual language policy (DLP) 32:50 Frequently changing the language of instruction hurts learning 36:04 Lack of access to preschool education and its impact 41:30 Are the teachers at fault? 44:09 What can the government do to change education?
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