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</div><strong><br><br><br>KOTA KINABALU:</strong>
Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment MinisterDatuk Seri Masidi Manjun
said the Federal Government should relook the national English language
policy in schools.<div class=""><p>He said this was to ensure the country’s future generations were proficient in the language.</p><p>“One of the biggest weaknesses in securing a good job in the private sector for workers is their poor command of English.</p><p>“ I think the government needs to relook our policies.</p><div style="float:left;width:100%" id="content_1_inlineAd" class="">
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</div><p>“I’m not saying the government has not done anything but we
have not been consistent with the policies,” he told reporters at the
Shell Malaysia Scholarship Award presentation here.</p><p>Masidi said
the Federal Government should take the initiative to relook as well as
re-evaluate English competency among students to ensure they could have
better employment prospects after graduation.</p><p>Meanwhile, Shell Sabah general manager Ian Lim said the scholarship programme had been running for more than 40 years.</p><p>He said Shell had invested more than RM400mil in helping over 1,500 young Malaysians. </p><p>This year, Shell Malaysia would spend over RM12mil to sponsor 35 recipients.</p><p>Ten
scholarships were offered to students in Sabah; seven are studying at
local universities, while three are overseas. — Bernama <br></p><p><a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/08/26/Minister-Review-English-language-policy-in-schools/">http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/08/26/Minister-Review-English-language-policy-in-schools/</a><br></p></div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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