Standards must be upheld for educational TV programmes

I REFER to the comment “No need for Queen’s English, just proper English will do” (The Star, Jan 19; https://bit.ly/2ZuvgfH) and all the views expressed so far about our recently-launched DidikTV. There is another important point which I feel needs to be highlighted.

As someone who straddled the transition period between English-medium and Bahasa Malaysia-medium education, when we had teachers who were not just excellent presenters in English but also had high standards, were strict and demanded much from their students, it is sad to see these benchmarks being washed away until we have to justify performance based on “best effort”.