Comments for MCA slams Mukhriz's suggestion to abolish vernacular schools at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:40:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/mca_slams_mukhrizs_suggestion_to_abolish_vernacular_schools_.html#pc_8741 Barisan Nasional politicised our education system so much the last 20 years, they forgot the role of the Education Ministry i.e. to educate (in the widest sense) our young! Oddly enough, guess who were our Education Ministers the last 2 decades! My parents were government school teachers, now retired. My dad taught in the same school his WHOLE career, without promotion. My mum was luckier, teaching in arguably the best primary girls' school in town. They both agree - teachers were and still are paid way too little. Also teacher training has gone to the dogs since at least the 1990s. If teachers are not paid and trained properly (with regular refresher courses), how do you expect pupils to respect them? Parents too are a problem. By sending their kids to tuition centres after schooling hours, how do you expect the children to stay focussed in school? Let's face it - many tuition centres nowadays have too many pupils in one class, and the quality of their teachers are not that great either. ALEX TAN KEN SENG - Alex Tan Ken Seng Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:23:58 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/mca_slams_mukhrizs_suggestion_to_abolish_vernacular_schools_.html#pc_8740 Our government should just stop politicising our education system and leave the job of educating our younger generation to the professionals (teachers). Do not seek cheap publicity / popularity at the expense of our children. Do not contaminate their mind. For heaven's sake please just leave them alone to mingle. - Chong Siew Ean Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:17:10 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/mca_slams_mukhrizs_suggestion_to_abolish_vernacular_schools_.html#pc_8737 Lingam Correct Mahathir Forget Bapa Borek Anak Rintek hehe... Annou Xavier - Annou Anselm a/l Joseph Xavier Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:59:38 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/mca_slams_mukhrizs_suggestion_to_abolish_vernacular_schools_.html#pc_8736 This statement from Mukhriz is actually a repeat of Mahathir's recent speech which if I am not mistaken can be found on Mahathir's blog. If you listen to Mukhriz carefully, many of his ideas are actually that of his father's. - Rishwant Singh a/l Amarjeet Singh Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:47:35 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/mca_slams_mukhrizs_suggestion_to_abolish_vernacular_schools_.html#pc_8735 It is definitely not vernacular schools that are the cause of racial polarisation, but politicians like Mukhriz who stir up racial issues are the real culprits causing racial tension in the country. - Ding Chu Teck Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:45:17 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/mca_slams_mukhrizs_suggestion_to_abolish_vernacular_schools_.html#pc_8734 Jerlun MP Mukhriz Mahathir is absolutely right that racial polarisation is the problem, but he is dead wrong when he identifies vernacular schools as the cause. If it is, pray show us the link. Racial polarization threatens the very social fabric of our young country. Why has it been allowed to fester and intensify? Why? For what? And who benefits? Vernacular schools have existed even before my birth in 1950. As I grew up in the 1960s, they continued to exist. In my English-medium mission school in Penang, students mixed ever so freely in the class and on the field. In our state of innocence, we never knew our difference! Indeed, we left school and built on the bonds forged during the carefree days of our youth so much so that we stayed in each other’s home and even know each other’s family members when we travel outstation. I feel sad for the students of today. Their experience will never equal ours – all because of racial polarisation. The powers-that-be must muster the political will to emerge from their denial syndrome, identify the causes of racial polarisation, and take immediate measures to forge a truly coherent and cohesive nation of Malaysians on the foundation of eternal values inspired by righteousness, - not self- righteousness. Confining myself purely to Penang, I see schools with a great heritage such as Penang Free School (which produced among others our prince and premier Tunku Abdul Rahman, the former Raja of Perlis, and even Generals for India) going to pot. Why are such schools losing their character? Is our education policy or its implementation inimical to the character of such schools? More pointedly, is our education and other policies or their implementation linked to racial polarisaton? No over-simplifications, please! Oversimplification is one of the pursuits of the propagandist. Ask Dr Goebbels. Stephen Tan Ban Cheng - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:11:26 +0100