The Teaching of Maths & Science - Have You Voted Yet??

The government has flip-flopped again, due to pressure from some quarters. It has been decided today that the teaching of Maths & Science will revert to the Malay medium.

Many educated people are against this for the simple reason that Malaysia will be left behind globally if we are to teach these two subjects in Bahasa Malaysia.

But let's not look at the future.....let's look at the present and now....how on earth are we going to translate those scientific words into Malay overnight??

Mahathir put it succintly.....

9. Umpamanya perkataan Oxygen (Oksigen) - satu jenis gas. Derivative (cabang) daripada perkataan ini adalah seperti berikut;

• Oxygenation

• Oxidation

• Oxide

• Oxidants

• Deoxydation

• Oxidise

• Oxidification

• Dioxide

• Monoxide

• Peroxide

10. Ini hanya bagi satu elemen daripada sebanyak 120 (118) elemen.

extracted from http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/2009/03/pengajaran-dan-pembelajaran-sa.html

If you are against the teaching of Maths & Science in Bahasa Malaysia, please vote NO at Mahathir's blog. http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/