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| Sudden switch to BM for science students Posted: 16 Oct 2011 06:38 PM PDT Students who had been studying in the English stream from Standard One to Form Three now have to do their Science and Maths in BM when they move to Form Four next year. (Free Malaysia Today) - Students who began their Standard One in 2003 under the English stream – where Science and Mathematics were taught in English – are now expected to learn Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics in Bahasa Malaysia when they go to Form Four next year. The change in the "teaching process" has got parents in the urban Klang Valley are all frantic with anxiety. They are trying to get the Education Ministry to clear up the matter. So far the bewildered parents have received no statements from their respective school heads but worried students have told their parents that "all Form Four subjects will be taught only in Bahasa Malaysia". A housewife, who wanted to be known only as Siva, from Subang Jaya said: "Everyone is confused… I went to inquire from my son's school and was told that they were waiting for the ministry's directive. But they said they were unofficially told that the teaching will be in Bahasa Malaysia if you have more than 15 Malay students in Form Four. "I called the Education Ministry last week to verify this and an officer told me that the teaching of all science subjects in Form Four will be in Bahasa Malaysia. "She also said some schools have a choice of teaching in English or Bahasa Malaysia depending on how many Malay students they have." Let them complete SPM Another worried parent, who preferred to be called Tan, from Taman Desa, said the new policy was "not fair to our children". "We were told at the onset when this batch started Standard One in 2003 that they will complete their Science and Maths in English until SPM (Form Five). "They should just let them finish it. How can they (the ministry) victimise this batch of students now? "It's rubbish to say the exams will be set in dwibahasa (dual language), but all the teaching in the class will be in Bahasa Malaysia. "Why confuse the students? Already, they are under so much pressure. "What will happen if the students answer the exam questions in English? Are there enough English proficient teachers and examiners who can give them a fair reading? "Can the ministry guarantee that our children who answer their exam paper in English will not be victimised?" asked Tan. No 'dwi' bahasa textbook Another concerned parent, Dr Raja, from Damansara, said he had gone around the bookshops and private stores looking for Form Four Chemistry and Biology books for his son and was shocked to find only Bahasa Malaysia textbooks. He said the government had promised that the Science and Mathematic books would be ready before it implemented the MBMMBI (Upholding the Malay Language, Strengthening the English Language) policy in 2012. But now that parents are wanting to prepare their children for the hard days ahead, there are no books available. "How are we supposed to assist and prep our children if we cannot find dual language textbooks? I assume the teachers are also not readyto teach the subjects," said Raja. "This is crazy. We are not against the Education Ministry's Bahasa Malaysia policy. "But it is absolute stupidity to teach the students in English from Standrad One until Form Three and then switch to Bahasa Malaysia in Form Four and Form Five. "What assurance is there that there are sufficient and capable examiners who will mark their English answers in SPM fairly? "As it is, my wife spotted so many errors in the ministry-level quarterly tests papers the students sat for regularly before PMR," said Raja.
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