Education not prime focus of recent govts
M'sia scores poorly on education rights, lags behind neighbours
Koel: Are the Education Ministry and the Higher Education Ministry taking note of this very worrying report card?
Please spare us the instant denials that follow these reports. Only the most gullible will buy it.
A narrow agenda of several decades that has focused on 2R has meant that whatever resources we have are directed into the coffers of some of the most racist institutions in this country.
Many have been sidelined, neglected or led into educational deprivation due to this agenda.
Let's be very clear. These racist institutions are not serving the country. Their initiatives are politically linked to serve the interests of specific political parties.
People need to come to their senses and start looking at the welfare of this educationally failing country.
If a country has no education, they have have nothing.
We are now lagging behind Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia according to this report.
So congratulations, Malaysia. Pretty soon our children will be seeking jobs as domestic workers and labourers in these countries.
The government keeps making the same mistakes!
OCT: Almost every citizen knows our education system is in a rut, but the government refuses to admit it.
There won't be any solutions as long as the government doesn't see that our education system and policies need to change.
The government has stopped participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment challenge as the results have shown our students have failed miserably and have degraded.
Yet, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek insisted that our university is on par with Ivy League universities.
There are shameful incidents by our PhD professors who made fictitious claims just to be debunked by other experts with evidence.
A recent survey has shown there are more religious classes than Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (Stem) classes.
So, how can our students compete and become knowledgeable?
The government's main objective is to win votes so that it can remain in power.
Malay-Muslims are the majority race, and Islam is the main religion.
So the government has to implement education that is aligned with Malay-Muslims so that they will vote for the government.
Education is not given priority. Students are collateral damage from ideology.
MarioT: Our education system puts a lot of emphasis on religion rather than the basic 3Rs.
So, if you were to take the quality of education into account, it is miserably below 50 percent.
The earnest request for change continues to fall on deaf ears.
Even the Malay-Muslims, for whom the system is mainly designed, prefer to send their children to Chinese schools to receive a wholesome education.
Time to come, we will even fall behind Laos if we keep up with this racially inclined education policy.
Ayam Kampung: Sad to see how far Malaysia has sunk on the regional and world stage.
We have completely destroyed the solid educational foundation given to us by the British - ironically, a solid British-centric education system grounded in English is the biggest 'gift' we got from our colonial masters.
Now, our young people can't even string together a proper sentence in English.
What hope does this country have when our 'jaguh kampung' (someone who is successful in their local community) politicians continue to champion the national language above everything else, and our education continues to veer from a science- and culture-heavy focus into blind religious extremism?
I see very little hope left for our country. Sad.
BluePanther4725: It's no surprise. All this while, the government, whether it's BN, Perikatan Nasional or Pakatan Harapan, did not pay attention to education.
They consistently appointed low-calibre education ministers to ensure there was no improvement in our education system.
To add further damage, more attention is paid to religious education, like tahfiz schools.
In national schools, the teachers and curriculum are paying more attention to religious studies.
This is an insidious strategy by politicians to keep our people and young people lowly educated so that they will continue to believe in the lies of the politicians.
The greatest fear of the politicians and religious authorities is that our youths become smart enough to reject them.
TC: Many Malaysians are hired as professionals in Singapore and other countries.
Just wondering how they beat the lower education system. Maybe the survey can be improved from generalisation to specification.
The Illusion Of Choice: Our very smart education minister has proudly declared that our education system is on par with (and maybe even superior to) Singapore and Japan.
This Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) study must be wrong.
BusinessFirst: Of course, that goes without saying.
We have the best prime minister in the history of all humanity naturally his personally appointed education minister must at least be the best in living memory.
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