Malaysia to end teaching math and science in English

[Francis Hult]

Forbes

 

Malaysia to end teaching math and science in English

 

Malaysia is to abandon teaching maths and science in English, saying that far too many children from poor rural areas were being failed by the programme. 

 

The decision to start phasing out English medium teaching from 2012 has been backed by the government and Malaysia's main opposition parties, despite concerns that using the national language, Bahasa Malaysia, will undermine competitiveness. 

 

Full story:

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/07/08/afx6629558.html

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