PPSMI AND THE EX-EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES: DUMBING-DOWN EDUCATION AND OTHER ULTRA VIRESES! (1000 reasons why PPSMI policy should be abandoned)

1000 reasons why PPSMI policy should be abandoned:

1. IT JUST ABSOLUTELY DEFIES COMMON SENSE
2. IT IS ULTRA VIRES THE CONSTITUTION, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE ACT AND THE EDUCATION ACT
3. IT HAS DUMBED-DOWN SCIENCE AND MATHS EDUCATION
4. LANGUAGE IS A TOOL OF THOUGHT. AND MATHS AND SCIENCE IS NOT A LANGUAGE SUBJECT. MATH AND SCIENCE REQUIRES 'AN UNDERSTOOD BY PUPILS LANGUAGE', PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND COGNITIVE AND THINKING SKILLS ALREADY ACQUIRED IN FIRST LANGUAGE
5. EVEN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SUBJECT NOT TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
6. UNDERSTANDING SUBJECT TAUGHT CREATES JOY AND INTEREST IN IT. PPSMI KILLJOY!
7. read on below the other 994 reasons, some earlier comments on the brouhaha, .... and teacher blogs!

http://akademiterrabaca.blogspot.com/2009/06/whether-it-is-nangka-or-jackfruit-we.html

http://akademiterrabaca.blogspot.com/2009/04/pena-penentangan-ppsmi-tidak-bermotif.html

http://akademiterrabaca.blogspot.com/2010/02/perkasakan-bm-dan-bi-para-guru-terlebih.html

http://akademiterrabaca.blogspot.com/2009/04/science-and-maths-decide-only-after.html
 
http://coach-a-coach.blogspot.com/2011/07/homeschoolers-guide-english-language.html

http://coach-a-coach.blogspot.com/2009/12/mottainai-furoshiki-credo-in-practice.html

We say that it is kaedah pengajaran [pedagogy or lack of which], pengredan semula / pemerkasaan guru (regrading / capacity building of teachers), sikap terhadap ilmu, 'examania' atau semua dijurus kepada peperiksaan' [paper proof' for mandarins operating from separate enclaves of MOE], dan dasar-dasar tikus baiki labu'.

Reason for specific learning difficulties among schoolchildren, reading disability.
Reason for reading disability among schoolchildren, non-reading.
Reason for non-reading among schoolchildren, not asked to read.
Reason schoolchildren not asked to read, not part of the examination business.
Reason reading not part of the examination business, teachers lack time for it.
Reason teachers lack time for it, they don't make time for it.  
Reason teachers don't make time for it, reading not part of the examination business.
Reason reading not part of the examination business, our lack of common sense?

http://coach-a-coach.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-is-national-grade-average-for.html

http://coach-a-coach.blogspot.com/2010/02/leveling-playing-field-for-spin-to-spin.html

SO WE SAY,
WHERE ARE THE READERS UNLESS WE PRODUCE THEM;
PRODUCE A READING COACH AND YOU PRODUCE A COACHING STATION; AND
PRODUCE A COACHING STATION AND YOU PRODUCE A READING HABIT.

1. Introducing CERAP

[Note: Cerap bahasa is Malay for 'mind your language', SYNONYM TO CAKNA IN TRENGGANUSPEAK]