Unfit English teachers

From The Star:SHAH ALAM: About two-thirds of English Language teachers in the country have been classified as “incapable” or “unfit” to teach the subject in schools.

Education Minister II Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said such teachers had been sent for courses to improve their proficiency in the language.

“The ministry will also consider sending them overseas for exchange programmes to take up TESL (Teaching of English as a Second Language) courses,” he said during a dialogue session on the National Education Blueprint 2013-2025 held at the Karangkraf headquarters here yesterday.

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My suspicion is hereby confirmed by the Minister of Education yesterday!

I was wondering why so many young men and women nowadays are speaking rotten English for years and now I got the official answer.We have,God knows how many years,about 70% of English teacher appointed by MOE who are unfit and incapable to teach english to our students.How many of our students were affected by teachers who could not teach English?How could MOE appointed them in the first place?

The previous PM of Malaysia talked about having a revolution in Education in 2006 and now the present PM is talking about having transformation in our education.If there are no actions taken,nothing will happen...

Comments

[Ngasobah Seliman]

Every new broom wants to sweep clean. I was in the ministry of education in the 1990's and early 2000 and was partly involved in sending teachers for training, including English. We used to have a program of sending prospective teachers to the UK but the budget was very limited.Indeed very limited. (we have enough candidates if we have the budget). So we trained them in local Universities. With due respect, they were never the best.
Please do not think that we never had that grand thoughts like what the minister just said. Fund was limited. So this time around, if it is just talking smart but not acting smart,....you can guess what the result would be.
We are rich in oil. Where has the money gone to? MESTI TELUS DAN TULUS.

[almanar]

I agree with Ngasobah that every dream wants to sweep clean. If ministers can just shut up and let the results be evaluated then I will have some respect. Nasi yang dimasak tadi dah basi - orang tak pandai simnpang- nanti saya masak yang baru.