Sunday July 29, 2007
Government seeks to mould well-rounded individuals
BALIK PULAU: The curriculum that now centres on reading, writing and arithmetic will make way for a broader one if the Education Ministry adopts a recommendation by the Malaysian Examination Syndicate.
Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the proposed curriculum would give attention to moral values, entrepreneurial skills and languages.
If the recommendation is adopted, pre-schools and primary schools will undergo a major revamp.
Hishammuddin said he had asked the syndicate to discuss the matter with the teaching and co-curriculum divisions of his ministry. The new curriculum could be implemented by 2010.
“Also, I want this to be publicly debated in order to gather feedback from all parties. Then, we will carry out a pilot project before implementing it.”
Hishammuddin said the recommendation was based on a two-year review by the syndicate of the current curriculum, examination system and teaching methods and discussed at a meeting that he chaired on Friday.
“I agree with public complaints that our system is too exam-oriented.
“Now we have to decide what kind of students we want to send to Form One.
“As a father, I would want my children to master at least two languages – Bahasa Malaysia and English.
“If they can master more, so much the better, because languages are a critical ingredient,” he told newsmen after opening the Balik Pulau Umno Youth
delegates meeting here yesterday.
Hishammuddin said that to develop students of “high moral fibre”, they should be instilled with values such as patriotism, integrity and tolerance.
“And to be more employable, they need to be equipped with innovative, creative and marketing skills.
“For example, entrepreneurial skills can be infused through school co-operatives and entrepreneur clubs.”
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