Thursday, October 23, 2008

Sabahan Teacher Agree to What?!

Guong

I'm shocked. I'm speechless (well, not totally). The Sabah Government Teacher Unions (KGKS) has unanimously agreed to reinstate history as a subject in all primary school. What? Even in peninsular, this matter is yet to be agreed on but Sabahan teachers already made a decision? A very hasty decision. Did they really discuss it collectively or just based on a few members or the board committee of KGKS?

Yussoff said that children must understand the sacrifices made by the forefathers in bringing development and freedom to the country.

He added that the union preferred that the subject be taught based on the journeys made by leaders of the past which the students could understand better. read more

How can a very young and immature mind understand such complex subject? Surely they'll simplified it but to what extent? Besides, this proposal was clearly politic motivated. To be precise, UMNO. I mean, you can't mix politic with education. Just look at what it have done to Malaysia education. Even our university rank is worst than Thailand.

Ok, they did mention how they preferred this subject to be taught based on the journeys made by leaders of the past. But will it be? The syllabus doesn't even exist yet! How come the decision is made based on NOTHING?!

As I said in my earlier post, I'm not against it but supporting it even there's nothing available to gauge the implementation of this subject? That's an act of a Pak Pandir.

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