PARLIAMENT | Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Malaysians to overcome their nationalistic pride and accept the teaching of science and mathematics in English.
"A nation where the people are adamant to preserve their mother tongue - if they lack the knowledge, then the country will not progress," he told Dewan Rakyat during Minister's Question Time today.
Mahathir said science, mathematics, information technology (IT) and artificial intelligence (AI) were pioneered and explored in the English language.
Those who are not fluent in English will have difficulties in mastering knowledge or translate them into the national language, he added.
Mahathir, whose government is mulling whether to reintroduce the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI), was offering his view on the matter.
"On the reintroducing of PPSMI, the Education Ministry is studying in-depth on the matter by preparing a new system to include the teaching of IT," he said.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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