Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) is a newly registered group consisting of parents who are sorely disappointed with Malaysian government’s move to abolish teaching Science and Mathematics in English. The call for re-establishing English to teach Science and Maths is their first objective.

PAGE is fighting a noble cause. As a parent of two toddlers, I am very worried about their future in education. I was overjoyed when the education ministry decided to use English for Maths and Science. But the joy was shortlived.

The ones that are celebrating now are those who argue English-illiterate students should not be left behind in these two core subjects. That the government did the considerate thing looking into the welfare of such students.

While I’m clearly on the other side of the fence, I admit they do have a point. It’s a struggle for kids who spoke solely in their native language throughout their upbringing into an alien language for teaching.

IMO, the best compromise is to use English for Science and Maths in secondary school. These two subjects is not English literature. If by Form 1, after six years of primary school, students are finding it tough to digest the subjects in simple English, then there is something alarmingly wrong in our education system of teaching English.

I fully support what PAGE fights for. I can easily get hundreds of like-minded friends and family members. We are so eager to see that our children gets better education, if today’s government deny us that, let the government itself be changed.

Let’s show PAGE the support it deserves!

Additional links:

Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) at Blogspot.com – before the new official site (http://www.pageformalaysia.org) was launched.

http://www.petitiononline.com/magp13/petition.html – an online petition to maintain teaching and learning Maths and Science (PPSMI) in English.

Contact PAGE:

PAGE Malaysia
24-2, Medan Setia 2
Plaza Damansara
Damansara Heights
50490 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-20925626
Fax: 03-20931241