DAP’s views and proposals on the issue of teaching maths and science in English (PPSMI)

DAP’s views and proposals on the issue of teaching maths and science in English (PPSMI) – a record

May 11, 2002	DAP proposes an all-party committee to check decline of English standard
May 14, 2002	Teaching maths and science in English - cure worse than disease?
May 18, 2002	Make pass in English compulsory for SPM/STPM/Matriculation
Jul 14, 2002	Deplorable decline of English standards not addressed in the 10-year Education Development Blueprint 2001-2010
Jul 28, 2002	Use English to teach maths in Chinese primary schools – will standards plunge?
Jul 31, 2002	DAP calls for all-party roundtable conference to build national consensus
Aug 3, 2002	Maths/Science – Chinese primary schools had higher passing rates
Aug 4, 2002	Present convincing case to the public
Aug 6, 2002	Six steps to defuse controversy over English use
Aug 8, 2002	Four proposals on increasing English proficiency in Chinese/Tamil schools
Aug 9, 2002	Five educational questions for Abdul Rafie
Aug 10, 2002	Will Std. One students’ “thinking skills” be impeded?
Aug 12, 2002	Teaching in English controversy – ISA threat most deploarable
Aug 13, 2002	Malaysia to emulate Singapore example of English-medium schools?
Aug 14, 2002	Malaysia to follow footsteps of Singapore or S. Africa – first and last in TIMMS 1999?
Aug 15, 2002	Teaching in English - Let 45th National Day mark new consensus not new disunity
Aug 17, 2002	M’s attach on DJZ in Terengganu – most unfair & unwarranted
Aug 18, 2002	Suspend “half-baked” proposal on English teaching in Std. One
Aug 18, 2002	Convent national summit of political parties & educationists
Aug 18, 2002	Malaysia must aim for gold medals in the five International Science Olympiads
Aug 20, 2002	15 BN parties should salvage 45th National Day
Aug 21, 2002	English language issue – turn “crisis” into nation-building “opportunity”
Aug 21, 2002	Math/Science – Malaysia’s poor international standing
Aug 24, 2002	Tragedy if Mahathir relies on Utusan to learn what Malaysian Chinese want
Sep 3, 2002	Teaching English – DAP welcomes “turn of opportunity”
Sep 11, 2002	Musa’s most outrageous and scandalous reply in Parliament
Sep 12, 2002	Malaysia’s multi-lingual and multi-cultural diversity – Resource and not problem
Sep 13, 2002	Answering 32 questions in one go – Musa abdicates responsibility
Oct 27, 2002	UMNO threat to withdraw government aid to Chinese primary schools?
Nov 1, 2002	“2:4:3” formula – win-win for BN parties but lose-lose for nation and students
Nov 2, 2002	“2:4:3” formula for Std. One – devote all nine new periods to teaching English
Nov 4, 2002	“2:4:3” formula – Abdullah’s commitment to democracy only skin-deep?
Nov 7, 2002	Formula 1-2-3 to produce first Malaysian Nobel Science Laureate before 2020
Nov 10, 2002	Musa: Chinese primary school pupil :losers” in 2:4:3 formula
Nov 12, 2002	DJZ’s policy statement on “2:4:3” – media control at its worst
Nov 15, 2002	DAP’s 3 proposals better than the “2:4:3 formula”
Nov 22, 2002	Let parents decide on use of English to teach maths/science in Std. One
Dec 12, 2002	Modify “2-4-3” plan to use all nine periods to teach English in Sdt. One in Chinese primary schools
Dec 29, 2002	Challenge of 2003 – “Love Malaysia, Save Malaysia” nation-wide
Aug 25, 2003	2:4:3 formula/UPSR – Keng Yaik will not be around in 2008 to “cross the bridge”
Mar 24, 2005	Best Malaysia Brand is for Abdullah to honour pledges
Nov 12, 2005	Keng Yaik – why the silence leaving Tsu Koon out in the cold?
Dec 12, 2005	Next Cabinet - table 4-point resolution on teaching of maths and science
May 4, 2006	Make Chinese a compulsory pass in universities
Jan 10, 2009	Malaysian’s disastrous showing in TIMSS 2007
Mar 9, 2009	“Buzz off, Abdullah!”
Jun 21, 2009	Make English compulsory pass subject for SPM, STPM and matriculation
Jul 7, 2009	PPSMI - Is the shoe of an Education Minister in Malaysia too big for Muhyiddin?
Jul 9, 2009	Cabinet decision on PPSMI – not a New Deal but a Raw Deal