It seems that the children and youth of Malaysia will continue to suffer the inconsistency and the ever changing policies of our leaders. Their futures are at stake and nobody ever cares for them at the rate things are being discussed. They continue to be “guinea pigs” or mere pawns in the political game. What I am referring to is the issue of language? The issue is being politicized not for the interest of the children and the youth but a cause for some unscrupulous and interested parties to further their own agenda.
I pity my cousins, nephews and nieces seeing them grappling with the science and mathematics when the government decided to introduce English as the medium for teaching science and mathematics. They have however overcome those difficulties through their perseverance and feel more comfortable with the language primarily due to more access to reference materials available on the market and also from the internet. They now not only have better knowledge of the subjects in English, but it had directly increased their command of English itself.
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I too have nephews that had undergone their primary, secondary and tertiary through the national school system where all subject were thought in Bahasa Malaysia. You will find that generation of youth having difficulty in conversing in English. I could recall about 10 years ago when the government and the private sectors all raise the issue of non-competency of our youth in English to the extent that it has affected their marketability in the job market. Issue of furthering national cause at the international arena will be jeopardized if one were not able to express oneself confidently in English. We have to look at things in the proper perspective. Our children and youth will be at the losing end. How do continue to promote Malaysia as center of excellence for education, investment, banking, tourism, etc if the population could not provide the appropriate potential employees. Or do we just want Malaysians to work as the unskilled laborers.
Did the generation that have undergone their whole education system in English before forget their Bahasa Malaysia? Or are they less Malaysian? Who are they now? Why not seek their views? Do not use the issue as a political tool because it is the youth and eventually the nation that will lose. To the demonstrators, do not allow yourself to be a tool to disadvantaged the future generation. Just ponder over your actions and the potential consequences on our youth and the nation in the future. Do not sell the future of our youth and the nation. [Picture: Courtesy of The Star, Malaysia]
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