2009/10/20
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will not return to the policy of teaching and learning Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI) as the new policy of dignifying Bahasa Malaysia usage and raising English proficiency (MBMMBI) is in line with the country's need to dignify Bahasa Melayu as the national language.
Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that towards this objective, the government would thus not turn back despite appeals and pressure for PPSMI to continue, as the government could not please every group.
"However, their views have been considered in planning and implementing the MBMMBI policy," he said in his reply to Mohd Nor Othman (BN-Hulu Terengganu) who wanted to know whether the government could ensure that it would not return to the old policy.
Muhyiddin, who is also deputy prime minister, said to avoid problems when implementing MBMMBI as what happened with PPSMI, the government had set 2012 for its implementation so as to give enough time for preparations, unlike the six months taken to prepare for PPSMI's implementation.
To a question from Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) whether former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's strong statement against the PPSMI being discontinued would have an impact on the current administration, Muhyiddin said he believed that Dr Mahathir did not mean asking the government to reverse its new policy.
"He (Dr Mahathir) understands... that it was the decision of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government and he's an Umno and BN supporter. And I had already stated that was not all about the national language but also the English language. So, English usage would also be strengthened."
Later speaking to reporters at the parliament lobby, Muhyiddin said the people should not be unduly worried about the reversal of policy as the government was already taking preliminary measures to implement the new policy (MBMMBI) in 2012.
"We may even have to recruit English teachers from abroad," he said, adding that the implementation of the new policy also meant the urgent need to produce Science and Mathematics textbooks in Bahasa Malaysia as well as a new curriculum for teaching English.
He said the ministry was also looking at the possibility of implementing MBMMBI in 2011 for Year One pupils only as they would not be involved in PPSMI.
"However, this will depend on several factors like whether there will be enough teachers, and whether the new curriculum and Science and Mathematics textbooks will be ready by the end of 2010."
Muhyiddin said for Year Four, Form One and Form Four students, the implementation of MBMMBI would commence in 2012, to enable the ministry to make proper preparations. - BERNAMA
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policy政策:
1.a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
2.a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our nation's foreign policy.
3.action or procedure conforming to or considered with reference to prudence or expediency: It was good policy to consent.
4.sagacity; shrewdness: Showing great policy, he pitted his enemies against one another.
5.Rare. government; polity.
dignify使某事物显得有尊严：
1.to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
2.to give a high-sounding title or name to; confer unmerited distinction upon: to dignify pedantry by calling it scholarship.
implement实施：
noun
1.any article used in some activity, esp. an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
2.an article of equipment, as household furniture, clothing, ecclesiastical vestments, or the like.
3.a means; agent: human beings as an implement of divine plan.
verb (used with object)
4.to fulfill; perform; carry out: Once in office, he failed to implement his campaign promises.
5.to put into effect according to or by means of a definite plan or procedure.
6.to fill out or supplement.
7.to provide with implements.
implementation执行：
carrying out, execution, effectuation
proficiency（noun）精通、熟练：
the state of being proficient; skill; expertness: proficiency in music.
unduly(adverb)过度地：
1.excessively: unduly worried.
2.in an inappropriate, unjustifiable, or improper manner: unduly critical.
preliminary初步：
adjective（初步）
1.preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
noun（初步措施）
2.something preliminary, as an introductory or preparatory step, measure, contest, etc.: He passed the preliminary and went on to the finals.
3.a boxing match or other athletic contest that takes place before the main event on the program: A preliminary was fought at 8:00.
4.a preliminary examination, as of a candidate for an academic degree.
5.preliminaries, Printing.
commence开始：
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -menced, -menc⋅ing.
1.to begin; start.
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