Taking to social media, the former prime minister expressed his enduring conviction that English should be the medium for teaching science and mathematics.
Former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has urged the government to reconsider its decision to do away with the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English.
Due to this disparity, translation becomes necessary, requiring translators with a profound understanding of the subject and fluency in both English and Malay. These qualifications, he noted, are relatively scarce. “But with science and mathematics, new discoveries and applications have to be learned or acquired if students are going to keep up with new technologies,” he said.
“Education would be worthless if we are left behind in terms of knowledge which is essential for our development and progress,” he emphasised. Although he acknowledged the growth of Bahasa Malaysia, the 98-year-old politician underlined that some mathematical and scientific terms in the language are still borrowed from other languages, predominantly English.
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