Quest International University Perak (QIUP) university council chairman Datuk Vijay Eswaran says back in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, Malaysia’s English speakers were among the best in the region.
“Our ambassadors to the United Nations didn’t even need translators. Somewhere along the way, we seem to have lost our footing and now we rank 52 in the Programme for International Student Assessment 2012 (Pisa 2012) results,” he says.
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