Govt’s decision to freeze UEC recognition draws mixed reaction
EDUCATION Minister Fadhlina Sidek’s announcement that recognising the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) is not a priority for her ministry has drawn mixed response on social media.
Yesterday (Dec 15), Fadhlina said her ministry would instead focus on efforts to address cost of living issues faced by the people related to the education sector.
Any other issues including the recognition of the UEC would be looked into by the ministry on “time to time” basis, she added.
While several netizens had raised questions about the minister’s decision to focus on the cost of living, most of the debate online was instead focused on the country’s education system as well as the controversial UEC.
User @itsamsyar said:
(UEC should not be recognised because the examination taken by students at independent Chinese schools do not adhere to the national curriculum like in Chinese and Tamil national-type primary schools.
(We do not want those who are pro-Taiwan or China to be assimilated into the national education system.)
Another user argued:
(If the UEC qualifies to be recognised according to the Constitution, just recognise it and if it isn’t, just ignore it. Someone should put a stop to this issue otherwise this would be never-ending)
Meanwhile, Fadhlina’s decision to prioritise the cost of living also drew responses from netizens, with several of them wondering what does the cost of living have to do with education.
“The Education Ministry needs to focus on what will aid the further development of the country’s educational system,” user @ahmadazarul_ opined.
In response to this tweet, another user @KerkerPak said that there are plenty of factors linking the Education Ministry to the cost of living:
(Free breakfast programmes, reducing the financial burden of students and teachers and reducing teacher’s work burden are all related to the cost of living)
User @zahidahhamidi urged the Education Ministry to relook into the distribution of milk in schools for the B40 group, arguing that many students from this group, especially those from rural areas, do not appreciate the free milk.
“Some of them are fed-up of drinking the milk which often go to waste or is spilled in class,” the user noted.
On the topic of UEC recognition, PAS mouthpiece Harakah Daily tweeted yesterday that the National Education Action Council had urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to reject the demands of the United Chinese School Committees’ Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) to recognise UEC.
The tweet drew many negative responses as netizens reminded Harakah Daily that it was Gerakan – a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition of which PAS is also a member of – that had proposed the implementation of UEC in the first place.
User @PakYeopkidey said:
(Gerakan is riding on UEC to attract the Chinese from rural areas. The Chinese folks from urban areas aren’t even worried about UEC, with parents telling their children to just follow the existing education system) – Dec 16, 2022
All these blurred & bigoted dickheads!
ReplyDelete"UEC should not be recognised because the examination taken by students at independent Chinese schools do not adhere to the national curriculum like in Chinese and Tamil national-type primary schools.
Then, what about those examinations taken by students at international schools/colleges?
Ooop… they r a OK bcoz all yr ketuanan elites have their children studying there!
BTW, when have the cost of living have to do with education?
This ketuananized minister couldn't fathom the logic of "poor education lousy country"!
"The Chinese folks from urban areas aren’t even worried about UEC, with parents telling their children to just follow the existing education system)
Mfer, never understand the Chinese ingrained thinking of "the family can he poor bit the expense on education cam NEVER be spared!
Just give all students in a single education system an hour of Chinese studies including the mandarin component every day so that school leavers will have some basic knowledge of the Chinese world. Those who feel their children need deeper immersion into the Chinese language will have to pursue this privately after completing the government syllabus.
ReplyDeleteMfer, do propose yr fart to yr adun & raise it in the Parliament!
DeleteDon't u know that in the FedConstitition there is a clause for mother tongue education?
Ooop… mfering guy like u is in the league of buat tak tau about legal agreement, local &/or international! Just like that mamak's fart about letting Chin Ping returning to M'sia after the signing of the Peace Agreement of Hat Yai (1989). Toilet papers aplenty.
please lah.. for once let us have a minister who really cares for the well being of our children even if he/she cares less about us.. if want to think about cost of living ok then lets start with
ReplyDelete1. all textbook be a SPBT or digital textbook.. no more buying text books.. just buku tulis and aktiviti,
2. then free healthy bfast/lunch for all the students reviewed every year.. honestly of all the subsidies given we cn all agree that only a limited sum always reaches the b40s where as most goes to the cronies and companies.
3. rm150 vouchers/head each year for every pupils for at least a set of uniform and shoes.
simply put just set aside an amount of rm1000 to 1500 per head a year for all studemts from the b40s and lower tiers m40s.. cud cost us about rm1B max..
these are money well spent.
please pay more for the teachers so that this career will be something that they will work to keep rather than just take in whoever..
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ReplyDeleteUltimately, I predict the UEC will NEVER be recognised.
ReplyDeleteEvery government will play the "siam" game and give stupid excuses (like the one given by this Fadhlina) why it is not the right time to recognise the UEC