Hello readers. Just a few moments ago, I came across this article on stratistime and decided to share with you all, regarding the weighting of the Mother Tongue Language, in particularly chinese, for PSLE, should it be halve or remain ?
OFFICIALS of the Singapore Chinese Teachers' Union (SCTU) have met Education Minister Ng Eng Hen to express their concerns over a possible cut in the weighting given to mother tongue languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).
They had a 11/2-hour dialogue on the issue, which has stirred up strong, polarising reactions in recent days.
The union, which represents the 1,600 Chinese teachers in Singapore, yesterday released a statement about the meeting on Monday evening, which was also attended by Mrs Josephine Teo, assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress.
Currently, mother tongue has a weighting of 25 per cent, similar to that for English, mathematics and science, the other three subjects in the PSLE.
The union called in its statement for this weighting to be preserved 'so that it is more in line with the principle of bilingualism and further strengthens the competitive advantage of Singapore in developing bilingual talents'.
At the dialogue, Chinese teachers shared their concerns with Dr Ng and gave their feedback on how the teaching of the Chinese language could be improved, particularly for weaker pupils.
(adapted from http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_522725.html)
Upon reading on this article, i feel that the union has came out with a right conclusion. I totally agree that this statement 'so that it is more in line with the principle of bilingualism and further strengthens the competitive advantage of Singapore in developing bilingual talent'. Even though some may not like it, but that's a fact. Bilingual talents are better than people who only knows one language. And of course, they will go even further in their career in the future. I know some may have objections to what i have said. Well, feel free to share with me your views by simply commenting. :D
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