Those who follow my articles know that I am almost totally anti UMNO.
But I'l call a spade a spade when i see one, and I'll support UMNO's Razlan Raafii who has echoed the wishes of Many Malaysians including me and even the Regent of Johor Tenku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim on a "ONE STREAM EDUCATION SYSTEM".
DON'T END IT THERE, AND DON'T TRASH IT HERE EITHER, BE COMMITTED TO IT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.
DON'T END IT THERE, AND DON'T TRASH IT HERE EITHER, BE COMMITTED TO IT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.
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| Malay College Kuala Knagsar -It has to be opened for the good of the Malays |
Dwell on our Strengths
To do this we have to use our strengths, and one of our our biggest strengths which we must recognise is, the UEC system of education, again calling the spade a spade.
I am not saying to make others learn Chinese, although that may be a good thing to encourage, because that language alone drives your brain into analytical mode, it is a language that is made of characters rather than alphabets so we must give thought to it, serious thought, ever wonder why Chinese are so good at Mathematics? .
BAHASA HAS TO HAVE ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE
Of course Bahasa will not only be the compulsory language but we must get our young to love Bahasa it is our language and it should continue to be compulsory.
On the other hand Tamil is the oldest language in the world not Sanskrit, and Bahasa has its roots in that language not Jawi or Arabic so we have the best of all the worlds and English in Malaysia though it has deteriorated leaps and bounds to the extent that a growing number of Indonesians especially Javanese are speaking the language very well these days we have to bring back focus on this language, it can be added as a choice if one chooses not to do POL.
Of course Bahasa will not only be the compulsory language but we must get our young to love Bahasa it is our language and it should continue to be compulsory.
On the other hand Tamil is the oldest language in the world not Sanskrit, and Bahasa has its roots in that language not Jawi or Arabic so we have the best of all the worlds and English in Malaysia though it has deteriorated leaps and bounds to the extent that a growing number of Indonesians especially Javanese are speaking the language very well these days we have to bring back focus on this language, it can be added as a choice if one chooses not to do POL.
Reintroduce the Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan, the competitions, the Songs etc, bring into light and let them celebrate our language - Celebrate BAHASA KEBANGSAAN KITA..
As far as the UEC system goes I am saying use the expertise, teaching methods, curriculum learning and teaching culture into the one stream of our education system, call on the Chinese Educationists to contribute, and contribute they will.
They will not only contribute but become active proponents to the idea of one stream as long as they are not threatened and their inclusion to learn from them will be seen as great milestone in our education history.
They will not only contribute but become active proponents to the idea of one stream as long as they are not threatened and their inclusion to learn from them will be seen as great milestone in our education history.
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| Malays are already flocking to Chinese Schools they'll accept if politics is out. |
Use the best resources.
To drive the people, the Education at National level, have the UEC stream and the current Examination stream and allow pupils to choose from both like the AEB and the Cambridge streams in the UK. The UEC stream has earned it.
Let Schools choose one stream or the other, let it be managed at the national level by separate administrators then it will result in competition at that level the very top, the government only funds the two systems, and we'll see a real healthy growth of education in Malaysia via competition, two systems one Examination if that is possible to be set by the Examinations syndicate based on a common syllabus.
Send selected teacher trainees of all races to China to learn Chinese and other subjects to become teachers, pick those who have a genuine and sincere desire to cultivate their fellow Malaysians regardless of race and creed, so they can not only teach Chinese but Science and Mathematics, learn why the Chinese (not Malaysians) are so entrepreneurial, and develop our future generations.
Send successful teacher trainees with the right qualifications, attitude and aptitude to countries like the US, Germany, UK and France to learn how they develop their children, be like Japan before world war 2.
On the cultural front involve everybody the Malaysian culture is evolving, Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai are on the Nasional breakfast menu, we eat mamak mee, mee Melayu and so on, we have the equivalent of Ang Paw with the Malays as Duit Raya, Chinese use kebaya annd kubarong we also pray in Malay, it is evolving for truly Nasional Malaysian culture we have to involve everyone.
Stop segregating pupils according to race, encourage the Malays pupils who form the majority to mix with other children as we used to do before and to this end Sports and other cultural activities play a huge part.
On the cultural front involve everybody the Malaysian culture is evolving, Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai are on the Nasional breakfast menu, we eat mamak mee, mee Melayu and so on, we have the equivalent of Ang Paw with the Malays as Duit Raya, Chinese use kebaya annd kubarong we also pray in Malay, it is evolving for truly Nasional Malaysian culture we have to involve everyone.
Stop segregating pupils according to race, encourage the Malays pupils who form the majority to mix with other children as we used to do before and to this end Sports and other cultural activities play a huge part.
Bring in Educationists from India and the UK to seriously look and help manage our Teacher training programmes and if need be let them head thesew Institutions.
We have to look at our strengths and even the Tamil School (that I have been very critical about in the past ) have now improved their standards tremendously, their students are winning the National and International awards, and their levels in Bahasa, English Mathematics have even surpassed the other type of National Schools. How did they do it given the great disadvantageous positions these schools were in less than a decade ago.
There are still some remnants of the Mission Schools, how effective they will be is hard to tell, they contributed f=very effectively to our education system before.
There are still some remnants of the Mission Schools, how effective they will be is hard to tell, they contributed f=very effectively to our education system before.
Take politics and race out of education
The quest for one stream must come by tapping the resources of all people in our society and there is a real possibility of that being achieved if, the Ministry of Education involves all the parties involved in Education system and stop playing a racial game here.
We must be focused here on what is best for the development of the country into a first world country.
Take politics out of education, Malay parents who know and are not easily politically misled send their children to Chinese and Indian Mathematics and Science teachers to get them to improve their
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Disregard race, take politicians out of the equation, make it a crime to criticise and gain political advantage on race and religion in National Education, if we are serious about making our young quality graduates who can really positively and effectively contribute to the nation and our development.
If we continue with our "tiga suku" politically driven education system we have today, this country is doomed to be a failure.
2020 Missed 2030 in danger of going he wrong way
We have already missed 2020 and I dare say with our focus on unimportant issues in our education system, our total lack of insight into what is really needed of our graduates for development of the country economically, technologically and the needs of enterprise a situation we have been in since at least the early 80's, by 2030 we will successfully sink into world nation. and that will be thanks to our politicians, our so called technocrats, and our leaders, who to this day insist on playingthe race card even with education our children.
Why? and the only reason one can attribute this to is that they can't be bothered, just find out ewhere their Children are being educated.
We can't have people like Mazlee heading education, please Mahathir, I think you have done that on purpose to spite everyone else since we did not let you take the portfolio of education with your Prime Ministers you put this man who seems not to have an inkling of really improving education and the core issues regarding that and National Development there.
2020 Missed 2030 in danger of going he wrong way
We have already missed 2020 and I dare say with our focus on unimportant issues in our education system, our total lack of insight into what is really needed of our graduates for development of the country economically, technologically and the needs of enterprise a situation we have been in since at least the early 80's, by 2030 we will successfully sink into world nation. and that will be thanks to our politicians, our so called technocrats, and our leaders, who to this day insist on playingthe race card even with education our children.
Why? and the only reason one can attribute this to is that they can't be bothered, just find out ewhere their Children are being educated.
We can't have people like Mazlee heading education, please Mahathir, I think you have done that on purpose to spite everyone else since we did not let you take the portfolio of education with your Prime Ministers you put this man who seems not to have an inkling of really improving education and the core issues regarding that and National Development there.
Russia can bring in the best Areo-space technology in the world into to Malaysia as Putin has just said, but all we will be able to do is to continue to be followers and not innovators and leaders, we'll forever, be followers at this rate . take a look of how we fared with your favourite project in -the Auto Industries, we are still reliant on foreign models, foreign technology and lack the ability to design, innovate and create new technology and a big part of that blame was to have Proton be led by inadequate people since its inception.
Made in Malaysia or China?
Proton for all its present worth is driving high because of China, Chinese technology and Chinese Management, is that what you planned for? Do want to continue to do just that?
Don't blame the Malays blame yourself, you allowed bureaucrats lead the industry, people without any experience in cars, although we had people who owned and managed motor assembly plants successfully and they would have been the logical choice for progression bt you played the race card and see what has happened.
You could not have insulted us more.
We are calling a made in China product assembled in Malaysia a Malaysian product, how nice.
Made in Malaysia or China?
Proton for all its present worth is driving high because of China, Chinese technology and Chinese Management, is that what you planned for? Do want to continue to do just that?
Don't blame the Malays blame yourself, you allowed bureaucrats lead the industry, people without any experience in cars, although we had people who owned and managed motor assembly plants successfully and they would have been the logical choice for progression bt you played the race card and see what has happened.
You could not have insulted us more.
We are calling a made in China product assembled in Malaysia a Malaysian product, how nice.
Education should be the domain of the best, the educators and policy makers must come of the crème de la crème of our society in this field and if that is not available buy them from Singapore, India, Finland anywhere where we can find the really best.
Teachers, policy makers and and other educationists must be rewarded well enough that they do not have to look for other means of earning money like becoming private tutors which is so commonand so lucrative these days.
One Session Schools
One Session schools from 8.30 a.m to 4.30 pm.with break-times in the aggregate of one hour.
Teachers, policy makers and and other educationists must be rewarded well enough that they do not have to look for other means of earning money like becoming private tutors which is so commonand so lucrative these days.
One Session Schools
One Session schools from 8.30 a.m to 4.30 pm.with break-times in the aggregate of one hour.
Build more Schools, have a only one session in schools, reintroduce sports at a serious level, and school hours should be stretched longer with breaks.
No morning school and afternoon school. only one session, one serious session. Reward teachers well and have performance driven incentives fo them, level the playing field.
Regulate class sizes, .
Ban Homework
Ban home work for children like they have done in Finland even China espouses to do so.
Children should not be burdened to the extent they find school a bore, or something weary.
Allow them to have a say on the subjects they'd like to pursue make them part of their education
Bring in sports seriously into the school curriculum, inculcate the spirit of competition, sports also gets students into the mindset of being competent and we need it to develop well balanced educated young men and women not to mention good sportsmen and sportswomen.
The authorities must show that they are serious, by involving all parties and if on merits another race will provide the best candidate to lead such initiatives it should go to that person, it is not race we are talking about we are talking about a truly and sincerely Malaysian system of education - one stream.
This is not NEP or privileges it is getting the best for our children all our children
Politicians should stay away let this body set up to do it decide and come out void of all political involvement are we matured enough to do that.
We need almost a total revamp of our educational systems.
The Education Ministry will be the custodian of Education policy but the setting up of the policy must be the work of the Educationists, this will minimise political interference.
The Education minister will secure the budgets required prepared by the System administrators and managers, there should be no interference other than if it involves issues other than education.
Infrastructure could be the responsibility of the Ministry and mechanisms and rules must be in place to ensure that the Minister or any politician does not use his position to get the administrators to do their bidding.
Why Politicians Should be out
Since Independence we have not really improved our education system, it has gone from bad to worse, and if it continues we are really going to become the sick man of ASEAN and maybe Asia.
Even Vietnam will supersede us soon if they haven't already.
Whilst our other ASEAN nations are improving leas and bounds we can't say the same for ourselves.
The Education Ministry will be the custodian of Education policy but the setting up of the policy must be the work of the Educationists, this will minimise political interference.
The Education minister will secure the budgets required prepared by the System administrators and managers, there should be no interference other than if it involves issues other than education.
Infrastructure could be the responsibility of the Ministry and mechanisms and rules must be in place to ensure that the Minister or any politician does not use his position to get the administrators to do their bidding.
Why Politicians Should be out
Since Independence we have not really improved our education system, it has gone from bad to worse, and if it continues we are really going to become the sick man of ASEAN and maybe Asia.
Even Vietnam will supersede us soon if they haven't already.
Whilst our other ASEAN nations are improving leas and bounds we can't say the same for ourselves.
