Review teaching of English

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Education D-G directed to carry out review on the learning of the language in school

SEGAMAT: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has ordered the English Language Curriculum Division to have a relook at the learning of the language in schools to ensure students can master it as a second language.

Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said he had directed Education director-general Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mahmud to carry out a review on the learning of English Language in school.

“How the national education system involving 13 years, with five years of secondary school, is still unable to provide our students with a good grasp of the English Language, I, myself, am incapable of answering,” he said in his speech during a visit to SMK Felda Maokil, Labis here yesterday.

Muhyiddin said the review might determine if the weakness was due to a shortage of English Language teachers, equipment or due to other causes.

He said mastery of the English Language was important because it was the main language in international communication and the economy.

He also rejected the perception that implementing the ‘Uphold Bahasa Melayu, Strengthen the English Language’ policy had resulted in the Education Ministry neglecting the English Language.

Muhyiddin also said the ministry had carried out a comprehensive survey of the nation’s educational infrastructure, in its effort to provide the infrastructural need of schools.

He said, although his ministry had received a development allocation of between RM5 billion and RM6 billion, the amount was not enough because of the large number of schools in the country and the rapid population growth which required the constructions of new schools.

Jangan mempersia-siakan latihan PLKN

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by Mohd Achil Norrlatep. Posted on August 6, 2011, Saturday

PERIKSA BARISAN: Dennis bersama Muhamad Halid ketika memeriksa barisan kawat wira dan wirawati PLKN Kem Juara.

Peserta harus jadi contoh terbaik kepada masyarakat sebaik tamat latihan

MIRI: Peserta Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) diseru supaya tidak mempersia-siakan latihan yang diterima selama tiga bulan di kem penempatan masing-masing.

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Telang Usan Dennis Ngau berkata, peserta program harus menjadi contoh terbaik kepada masyarakat sebaik sahaja tamat latihan.

“Sebaik sahaja melangkah keluar dari kem, anda harus mempraktikkan apa yang diterima dalam kehidupan sebenar,” katanya ketika majlis penutupan rasmi PLKN Kem Juara, Serian baru-baru ini.

Menurutnya, masyarakat dan komuniti di sekeliling akan menjangkakan apa yang terbaik daripada peserta PLKN lebih-lebih lagi dalam usia mereka yang masih muda.

Katanya, para pelatih yang terpilih turut bernasib baik kerana tidak semua berumur sebaya mereka terpilih mengikuti program berkenaan.

“Anda semua sungguh bertuah kerana terpilih dan jika bercakap soal tenaga, wang serta masa yang telah dicurahkan sama ada daripada ibu bapa mahupun kerajaan, semuanya terlalu berharga, anda harus hargai”, ujarnya.

Program berkenaan juga menurut Dennis merupakan salah satu daripada usaha kerajaan untuk membekalkan belia supaya bersedia mengharungi masa depan yang semakin mencabar.

Seramai 282 pelatih di kem berkenaan menamatkan program dan 38 daripada mereka berasal dari pelbagai negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia sementara 64 orang tenaga pengajar terlibat.

Kem berkenaan juga merupakan satu-satunya kem di Malaysia yang dimiliki oleh Orang Ulu dan diuruskan oleh Lejau Lah iaitu seorang berbangsa Kayan berasal dari Long Liam, Baram.

Turut hadir dalam majlis berkenaan adalah Mejar Muhamad Halid Abdul Hamid dan ibu bapa peserta program.