Mar 14, 2009

Science & Maths [ in ] Bahasa Malaysia?

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Is there really a need to reconsider changing the teaching language of both subjects back to Bahasa Malaysia?

I mean, there is No argument, debate or what so ever needed. English must be the language when it comes to education wise. Let's just take a look globally : Most researches, book publishes and latest technologies are all being transferred and shared around using one common language, English. The top 20 universities in the world ranking chart are in the states. Even the Internet ( source of many educational materials for Universities in Malaysia ) uses English as it's main language to connect the world.

So why translate the language that gave birth to many possibilities? Why wait 3-5 years for a book to be fully translated to our National language? Why is there a need to stop the younger generations for 1st hand education, knowledge and technologies?

The bottom line is : After all these years we tried to perform like a world class country, we still can't deny the fact that we are 20 years behind any developed country. So to tighten the gap, Malaysia must develop faster than them ( yes, faster than US, Japan and other 1st world countries ). *correct me if I'm wrong

By the way,
-Even universities in South Korea are beginning
to use English to educate their students, so
there must be a rational reason behind it.

Repeat after me : MALAYSIA BOLEH!

2 comments:

Gajen said...

i have nth to say abt this ler...i mean how many msian grads can speak proper english?yet they wanna change back to bm...

i guess a lot are unaware its the international language...

محمد إدريس said...

Teaching science and maths in English can have grave effects on Malaysia. Read my latest blog entry to find out more.

Thanks!