Perhaps it is the manner in which English was foisted on our school-children just before TDM stepped down that has irked some people who resort to making this a political football.
It will even become an issue for the UMNO polls according to this malaysiakini article Language policy: Umno polls 'delay' compromise solution which could mean some back-tracking on the use of English.
I suppose the Education Ministry was waiting the results of the SPM and the STPM to analyse how well the students performed and how many used English.
I believe the ministry did the right thing to allow students to answer in either subject and the surprising thing is that the majority of students chose to answer in English.
The best thing now is for the ministry to give a detailed analysis of the results and whether students' performance was co-related to the teaching medium.
Our young children have shown they can adapt to challenges and it up to the adults to display a little more wisdom.
I have just two observations to make on the language issue - if English had not been made compulsory straight away but with a more gentle approach by TDM, this change would not have been possible.
Having said that, the MoE should take urgent steps to improve teaching facilities by posting more qualified teachers to rural areas and also improve the number of male teachers in primary schools.
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