PUTRAJAYA: Video lessons prepared by foreign and local subject experts will be introduced in schools.
Acting Education Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said standardised lessons on different subjects would be recorded and saved in thumbdrives and discs and shown in classrooms, so every child would benefit.
Teachers could then guide and teach according to the videos, he added.
“Otherwise, if a teacher is not skilled, students will end up as victims.
“This will set a standard for the teaching of subjects,” he said.
Dr Mahathir was speaking at a press conference after addressing ministry staff at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre yesterday.
He said Vision Schools – “a concept proposed in my previous life as prime minister since the different races still insisted on using their own languages” – would be expanded.
Under the concept, national and vernacular schools are clustered together in one compound to promote integration.
“It’s easier with new schools unless existing ones are willing to move. But at the moment, we have some people who don’t want to mix at all.
“They want to be exclusive because they think that if their children mix with other races, it would spoil them,” he said.
On the Teaching and Learning of Science and Maths in English, he said the Cabinet would decide on whether to go ahead with the proposal.
A committee had been set up to study it and a decision would be made as “soon as possible”, he said.
He added that the public could also provide input.
“Of course, the Education Minister will have to be involved.
“The decision is delayed as there are some people who are opposed to teaching the subjects in English,” Dr Mahathir said, adding that a decision would be made based on Cabinet majority.
He said the Dual Language Programme, which allows selected schools to teach Maths and Science in English, would continue.
“Currently, they can choose if they want to be taught in English or BM but this has not yielded the right kind of results,” he noted.
Earlier in his speech, Dr Mahathir said the success of a race was about more than just using its own language.
“I am Malay. I love my race and Bahasa Melayu. But we have to give due consideration to the success of our race.
“If we love our race, we must prioritise success. Think carefully. Success in being competitive is more important than just speaking in your own language,” he said.
On Jan 30, Dr Mahathir said English would again be used to teach Maths and Science.
A video of his address during a special meeting with Education Ministry management officials was uploaded on social media.
In 2003, under Dr Mahathir’s first tenure as prime minister, the Teaching and Learning of Science and Maths in English policy (or better known by its Malay abbreviation PPSMI) was introduced in phases, beginning with Year One, Form One and Lower Six students.
PPSMI was abolished in 2013.
Acting Education Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said standardised lessons on different subjects would be recorded and saved in thumbdrives and discs and shown in classrooms, so every child would benefit.
Teachers could then guide and teach according to the videos, he added.
“Otherwise, if a teacher is not skilled, students will end up as victims.
“This will set a standard for the teaching of subjects,” he said.
Dr Mahathir was speaking at a press conference after addressing ministry staff at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre yesterday.
He said Vision Schools – “a concept proposed in my previous life as prime minister since the different races still insisted on using their own languages” – would be expanded.
Under the concept, national and vernacular schools are clustered together in one compound to promote integration.
“It’s easier with new schools unless existing ones are willing to move. But at the moment, we have some people who don’t want to mix at all.
“They want to be exclusive because they think that if their children mix with other races, it would spoil them,” he said.
On the Teaching and Learning of Science and Maths in English, he said the Cabinet would decide on whether to go ahead with the proposal.
A committee had been set up to study it and a decision would be made as “soon as possible”, he said.
He added that the public could also provide input.
“Of course, the Education Minister will have to be involved.
“The decision is delayed as there are some people who are opposed to teaching the subjects in English,” Dr Mahathir said, adding that a decision would be made based on Cabinet majority.
He said the Dual Language Programme, which allows selected schools to teach Maths and Science in English, would continue.
“Currently, they can choose if they want to be taught in English or BM but this has not yielded the right kind of results,” he noted.
Earlier in his speech, Dr Mahathir said the success of a race was about more than just using its own language.
“I am Malay. I love my race and Bahasa Melayu. But we have to give due consideration to the success of our race.
“If we love our race, we must prioritise success. Think carefully. Success in being competitive is more important than just speaking in your own language,” he said.
On Jan 30, Dr Mahathir said English would again be used to teach Maths and Science.
A video of his address during a special meeting with Education Ministry management officials was uploaded on social media.
In 2003, under Dr Mahathir’s first tenure as prime minister, the Teaching and Learning of Science and Maths in English policy (or better known by its Malay abbreviation PPSMI) was introduced in phases, beginning with Year One, Form One and Lower Six students.
PPSMI was abolished in 2013.
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