tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post35521126140100998..comments2023-11-03T18:10:57.814+08:00Comments on Just My Thoughts: Some Malaysians do not know Bahasa Melayu? Its urgent that the Gomen implement the "Satu Sekolah untuk Semua" Systemeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-85983850850886371812011-05-25T23:59:19.775+08:002011-05-25T23:59:19.775+08:00Thanks for your comments again Anon. I cannot give...Thanks for your comments again Anon. I cannot give a reply to you as you seemed to tell me the vernacular schools are superior to the SKs. Nor do I want to argue about it as it is not my subject matter.<br /><br />I still remembered the days when the vernacular Chinese and Tamil schools intake numbers were in sharp decline during the days when we had English and Bahasa Malaysia medium schools. Then some bright politicians probably MCA/Gerakan with pressure from the Dong Zongs people persuaded UMNO ministers to kill the English medium schools. Thereafter the intake to the vernacular schools rose until now. Anyway that is another story.<br /><br />But the voluntary segregation of races due to different schools must be stopped if Malaysians have any hopes for integration and the stability that it brings. Remember by 2050 there will be 80% Malay Bumis in Malaysia by then and the Chinese and Indians will become a smaller majority then now. Integration is the only way into the future. Better start now.<br /><br />Anyway if you are interested I have elaborated a bit more on scholarship in my latest post:http://eddydaud.blogspot.com/2011/05/jpa-scholarshipsit-is-not-as-simple-as.html<br /><br />Cheers.eddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-36765579050989315092011-05-23T20:35:50.365+08:002011-05-23T20:35:50.365+08:001 (b) And the parents may even opt for private ver...1 (b) And the parents may even opt for private vernacular school for their kids at secondary level. This being the situation, the feeder schools which are the SRJK (C) and SRJK (T) will not be replaced as first choice option by the SRK (=SSUS). Being always bypassed for scholarships makes the Chinese and Indians think that the system will never reward them, in which case what difference does it make if they remain outside the mainstream (i.e. in vernacular school)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-74492959938448301402011-05-23T20:33:50.367+08:002011-05-23T20:33:50.367+08:001 (a). It’s to do with whether Chinese parents tru...1 (a). It’s to do with whether Chinese parents trust the gomen or not. Estimates vary but most agree that the percentage of them who reject SRK (schools fully run by the gomen) is in the high 90s (+-95%). Because scholarships are “an annual problem”, do these parents trust the gomen to be fair in awarding them? Only students who are in national secondary school are eligible for these scholarships. That the complaints/appeals are perennial and smack of racial discrimination is a disincentive for Chinese and Indian parents to enrol in SMK (after all, cannot get any scholarship, so what’s the point? Might as well study in Chinese primary school and then apply for S’pore scholarships/Taiwan uni seats or study in Tamil primary school and later do medicine in India on the parents' own money).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-71007095008077391812011-05-23T20:29:24.672+08:002011-05-23T20:29:24.672+08:00Thank you for retrieving my earlier comment. With ...Thank you for retrieving my earlier comment. With your indulgence, I shall presently reply in shorter segments to forestall the blogspot filter misdiagnosing my comment as spam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-22394192912905007692011-05-23T00:17:25.458+08:002011-05-23T00:17:25.458+08:00Dear Anon(9:07), thanks for the heads up, I did fi...Dear Anon(9:07), thanks for the heads up, I did find your earlier comment in the "spam" section.<br /><br />1. I think there is a mix up here,you talk about Scholarships which is an annual problem and the SSUS idea which has got nothing to do with scholarships.<br /><br />2. SSUS is brought up because we see the need of children, our children getting to know each other when they are still in primary schools through to secondary and onward to university. Studying the same subjects in Bahasa Melayu and some in English with compulsory electives for Chinese(Mandarin) and Indians(Tamil). Hopefully when they mix together and speak a common language from young, when they grow up, they will be less polarised and don't find each other as aliens. <br /><br />3. Scholarships are a different matter all together and I do not want to comment on JPA and Government policy. Suffice to say that the Government has their work cut out for them on the complaints received not just from the Chinese and Indians top scorers but also Malay/Bumi top scorers who cannot get a place because quotas for each races has been filled. <br /><br />4. In a multiracial country like Malaysia no one race would be satisfied with what the Government can give to them in anything Scholarships, jobs, contracts etc. that includes the majority Malays too Bro.eddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-70572947219277144922011-05-22T09:07:27.529+08:002011-05-22T09:07:27.529+08:00Dear Eddy Daud,
I left a comment on this posting ...Dear Eddy Daud,<br /><br />I left a comment on this posting quite a while ago but you have not approved. <br /><br />I understand that there's been some technical glitches with blogspot of late, so my comment may have been lost in transit or it could be that because it was rather lengthy, it inadvertently got redirected to the spam queue. <br /><br />RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-59022235392327925572011-05-19T20:50:42.547+08:002011-05-19T20:50:42.547+08:00Can SSUS ameliorate "the increasing polarizat...Can SSUS ameliorate "the increasing polarization among the races" if the kind of discrimination (as below) against schoolboys and schoolgirls persists? <br /><br />From the Star, http://thestar.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/5/19/nation/8714415&sec=nation<br /><br />"Another student, Chai Sheng Min from SMK St Joseph in Kuching, who also obtained 10A+, said he only got a scholarship to study engineering at Universiti Teknologi Petronas while his friends who got 4A+ and 5A+ were awarded scholarships to do Pure Science in the United States."<br /><br />Rest assured that this sorry case is only the tip of the iceberg. The minority students are victimized in various other ways too, for which unlike the clear-cut comparison of 10A vs 4A exam results, it is difficult to make a case with the education authorities or to bring a public complaint.<br /><br />The backlash against one common school system does not occur in a vacuum nor without a long history of grievances. Stories like the plight of Chai Sheng Min has been recurrent since the inception of the NEP. <br /><br />I've only heard the SSUS proponents use the stick approach, i.e. to browbeat the minorities into accepting assimilation of their children because as you know, Sekolah Kebangsaan has become synonymous with Malay-Muslim dictates. Recall the cases of bullying (Indians particularly being susceptible) and the racist principals -- again please remember, , what has come to light in the national media is but a fraction of what really goes on in schools. <br /><br />Do you have a more persuasive carrot to offer for SSUS? Essentially, I would not be against the concept in principle but the facts on the ground to make it viable is a different matter altogether.<br /><br />That parents reject Sek-Keb is but a symtom of the disease. Implementing SSUS still does not address the root cause, i.e. the blatant racial discrimination that makes Indians and Chinese shy away from SK.<br /><br />After 6 years of primary schooling under one roof, then what? The Malay kids are packed off to MRSM and elite residential schools. So it's back to Dua Sekolah Menengah? And to two examination streams: STPM & matriculation? To double standards? You tell me.<br /><br />The SSUS solution is clearly one-sided. Since SSUS has disingenuously swept all the above anomalies under the carpet, you can well see why sceptics are suspicious of the movement's sincerity, can't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-78220355349047454202011-05-19T18:39:16.896+08:002011-05-19T18:39:16.896+08:00Satu soalan mudah bagi DAP: Adakah mereka mencinta...Satu soalan mudah bagi DAP: Adakah mereka mencintai bahasa kebangsaan? Kalau 'ya', kenapa tidak pernah mendokong apa-apa usaha memartabatkan bahasa Melayu? Kalau 'tidak', bagaimanakah DAP boleh berani menuar-uarkan diri sebagai 'Malaysian First'? Dari segi apakah mereka Malaysian First? Masakan bahasa kebangsaan pun diperlekehkan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com