PM Anwar’s government appears to be pushing for students to learn the two core subjects in Malay.
Malaysia’s Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has been accused by her critics of trying to phase out the Dual Language Programme.
The controversial change is especially pertinent in the northern state of Penang – Malaysia’s “Silicon Valley” where many high-technology multinationals are based – as English is the main language for business and technology. In response, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek on June 6 reiterated: “Schools implementing the DLP must ensure that opportunities are available for students who wish to study science and mathematics in either the national language or their mother tongue.”
Malaysia introduced the DLP in 2016 to allow science and maths to be taught in English. The DLP aims to better prepare students in the fast-evolving fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics . But Malay nationalists fear that the DLP would sideline Malaysia’s national language, and also worry that Malay students with a weak grasp of English would be left further behind in school.More secondary school leavers in Malaysia don't plan to continue studying, study shows
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