Quality matters more than language

The pursuit of quality education becomes frustrating in an environment where choice is limited

DATUK Seri Nazir Razak, CIMB Group’s chief struck a chord among many when he said recently that the debate on the country’s education policy was barking up the wrong tree. Instead of focusing on the medium of instruction, we ought to be discussing how to raise the bar on the quality of teaching, which has undeniably slipped.