IN abolishing and not offering an option for PPSMI (the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English), the Education Ministry has cited as a main supporting argument a Unesco report that children learn best in the beginning using their own mother tongues “Muhyiddin: Decision to abolish PPSMI made after much thought” (The Star, Oct 16).
If that is the understanding and stand of the Education Ministry, are we to think that the Ministry now believes and advocates that Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK, the national primary school) is no longer suitable and conducive to learning for pupils whose mother tongue is not Bahasa Malaysia (BM)?
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