Start English at primary level

IT is heartening and encouraging to know that the Education Ministry is studying the feasibility of bringing back the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English policy (more popularly known by its Bahasa Malaysia acronym PPSMI).

I was personally involved in the implementation of the earlier PPSMI and witnessed its progress and final demise. Having noted the pros and cons for the policy expressed back then and in recent days, I think PPSMI should only begin in Form One. This means the subjects will be taught in BM in national primary schools and in the respective vernacular languages in national-type primary schools.