THE decision by the Malaysian Examination Syndicate to postpone making English a must-pass subject in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia is indeed a regressive move which will only jeopardise efforts to improve the employability of Malaysian graduates in the future.
The decision to make English a must-pass subject from next year was first announced on March 8, 2013 and reinforced in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 in September last year by the then Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.