The following article is from Pakistan's The Dawn newspaper. It ws sent to me by a blog reader Mr Rajindar Bedi (Thank you sir.)
large number of Pakistani children enrol in kindergarten
bad news only small percentage remain in school
terrible news - only 4 to 12% of 3rd graders able to read fluently
listening comprehension
few able to answer 3 questions asked in Urdu
If one question correct they would score 33.3%
across Pakistan, scores ranged 19 - 32%
recent report, Why Can’t Pakistani Children Read?
For decades, little money devoted to education
Sadly ‘educated’ stands for simple ability to read
money spent not producing educated children
money spent not producing educated children
failures of hodge-podge system
children unable to read a sentence in Urdu
Even worse is English, reading, understanding it
Even worse is English, reading, understanding it
children who cannot read, let alone understand
teachers themselves not familiar with English
94% teachers at English-medium private schools did not speak English
94% teachers at English-medium private schools did not speak English
English : upward mobility and access
pretending they refer medium of instruction
really referring medium of textbooks
English-language textbooks permits school to call itself English-medium
all of Pakistan’s self-deceptions witnessed in schoolgoing but uneducated children
issue of language politics
all of Pakistan’s self-deceptions witnessed in schoolgoing but uneducated children
issue of language politics
issues of ‘official’ language
which are ‘unifying’ languages
perceived as means of division
Should every province be granted freedom to decide which language
cost to all these unanswered questions
class divisions that keep poor aspiring without rich ever delivering
ethnicity and language attached to varying degrees of belonging in a country
govt schools confronted with apathetic teachers
govt schools confronted with apathetic teachers
curriculum a world away from their own
unfamiliar words, sounds, expectations
many stop going to school or are pulled out
many stop going to school or are pulled out
Many not able to read with comprehension
education bureaucracies have completely failed to educate the children
My comments : Much the same is happening in our Malaysian education system.
By the way Dr Mahathir says there will be no Cabinet reshuffle. So Maszlee stays as the dumbest Minister of Education ever.
Answering a Parliamentary question Dr Mahathir said the Malay language nationalists must accept the importance of teaching Maths nd Science in English. This is bullshit.
Maszlee has already announced there wil be NO PPSMI anymore. So Dr Mahathir is just bullshitting you with this 'Maths and Science in Malay'. The same crap will come up again six weeks from now, six montsh from now, six years from now.
The article above says the Pakistanis kids are wasting their lives in their schools. The kids do not learn much. Have you met those Pakistani labourers who now work along the roadside all over Malaysia? Most of them really cannot read or write - even their own language.
They are worse than the Banglas who not only read and write but can write invoices, write bills and are now running businesses in Malaysia.
The Malay kids in our schools are also wasting their lives learning Arabic - a language that is quite useless for earning a living or for becoming productive human beings. After six to eleven of Arabic classes they stll do not know any arabic.
The education system has to be completely revamped. Maszlee Malik does not know how to do it. Dr Mahathir does not seem interested to do any real change.
Tuan-tuan sdra Melayu - your kids are screwed.
education bureaucracies have completely failed to educate the children
My comments : Much the same is happening in our Malaysian education system.
By the way Dr Mahathir says there will be no Cabinet reshuffle. So Maszlee stays as the dumbest Minister of Education ever.
Answering a Parliamentary question Dr Mahathir said the Malay language nationalists must accept the importance of teaching Maths nd Science in English. This is bullshit.
Maszlee has already announced there wil be NO PPSMI anymore. So Dr Mahathir is just bullshitting you with this 'Maths and Science in Malay'. The same crap will come up again six weeks from now, six montsh from now, six years from now.
The article above says the Pakistanis kids are wasting their lives in their schools. The kids do not learn much. Have you met those Pakistani labourers who now work along the roadside all over Malaysia? Most of them really cannot read or write - even their own language.
They are worse than the Banglas who not only read and write but can write invoices, write bills and are now running businesses in Malaysia.
The Malay kids in our schools are also wasting their lives learning Arabic - a language that is quite useless for earning a living or for becoming productive human beings. After six to eleven of Arabic classes they stll do not know any arabic.
The education system has to be completely revamped. Maszlee Malik does not know how to do it. Dr Mahathir does not seem interested to do any real change.
Tuan-tuan sdra Melayu - your kids are screwed.
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