Wednesday, August 1, 2012
“Why there are many Malaysia students who are educated but few who can think out of the box.�
“Why there are many Malaysia students who are educated but few who can think out of the box.�
This is a speech by Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi whos is a Prime Minister of Malaysia.Any one can give me ur opinion about this topic.......Thanks....
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1 :
Education is one thing. Application of education is another thing. Did he expects anyone can fly a plane by just reading the manuals and try out a few hours in the sims?
2 :
Malaysians are an impressive, educated and creative people. But I think since your government and economy are somewhat oppressive, many of your people get tired of the crap and move to other countries. I've met several very successful Malaysians here in the US. Malaysia has a lot of potential. You should take care of you country. Lock up the criminals, make the people feel safe, get rid of oppressive laws and the people will do the rest. Freedom is everything.
3 :
For many Malaysian students read 'many Malay students' and they truly deserve a lot of sympathies. Even here, the Malaysian prime minister is shy of calling a spade a spade! Many young people have gone through schools and 'istitutions of higher learning' but can hardly be called educated. This is due to the education system or more appropriately the so-called national-type primary and secondary school systems staffed mostly by incompetent and uncommitted teachers who are themselves the products of the educational systems they thus cotinue to perpetuate. Improvements can hardly be expected or possible. Such schools enrolled mainly Malay students whilst the Indians and Chinese, if they can afford, go to independent schools. Every year, government schools produce so-called top scorers by the thousands but many of these youngsters can barely manage to write a simple letter or essay, let alone 'count.' When it comes to 'tertiary education', entry into colleges and universities is determined more by race than ability. The result is that one sees thousands of Malay students who passed through a different type of matriculation preparation entering varsities for mostly mundane courses like religious studies. For higher education enrolment, the mere suggestion of entry through a system of meritocracy will evoke very intense and emotional debate. The end result of such a system which continues to molly coddle one particular race is the production of thousands of 'graduates' who are themselves puzzled as to how they manage to earn a degree and are mostly unemployable. This is now a huge social problem with no immediate solution in sight. The irony is that most government leaders are fully aware of the root cause. However, because of their politics, cannot and will not do anything drastic to change the status quo except the occasional laments as evinced by Abdullah Badawi. Meantime, government statistics proudly show that Malaysia annually produces thousands upon thousands of secondary and tertiary graduates. Even more astounding is that many are given scholarships and sponsorships to pursue 'further' education in the countnry but usually outside to pre-selected universities. The simple ugly truth is that in satisfying the nationalistic fervour, quality or even merely practical education must take a back seat. The government wants to stay in power and will therefore not unset the education apple cart that will cost them any election. What about the problems of other races. Most Chinese and some Indians seek to be really educated and most are successful and definitely can better think out of the box. They do not have the luxury of a system that favours them and will therefore have to study and struggle extra hard to obtain a true education with degrees that have practical values in the job market either within or without the country. Malaysian government education system has a long way to go and the earlier the sitting powers can overhaul it the better it will be for future generations..
4 :
well the Malaysian education system is all tailored for the Malays to pass. nowadays the school whose teachers are also not very fluent with English are producing top students in 100"s. the ministers must know English first , if the leaders who are all senior politicians cant speak English how are they going to implement it on their students. the government has now reduced the standards in English and raised the standard in Malay thus making it easier for the Malays. the local university produces many Malay doctors and they cant really speak in fluent English as well. they have to stop this and concentrate as a whole the nation and the citizens and then maybe the students whom pass out will have some standard. they have to get proper teachers and then they probably see changes in the system. scholarships are 99 %for the Malays and so the good Malaysian who are Chinese and Indians don't get good tertiary education if they are not well off ,on the other hand the malays good or not get their education and go on in life. this system in malaysia sucks and that is why all the good educated non malays are leaving. we must remember education is not mugging and it is a matter of understanding ,only if you understand you can think out of the box.
5 :
It's a dilemma...really... If we want ppl to think out of the box, be more creating, etc... then we have to support it with proper and just environments.... But, if we limit them....for example, by having silly rules and policies, then the government, in a way, limits ppl from thinking out of the box. Consider the automotive creativity... if government restricts the policy that don't allow public from making own vehicle...then in a way, it restricts the ppl from being creatinve... Just my 2 sen thought..
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