Saturday July 11, 2009
Don’t sacrifice music education
IT has been announced by the Education Minister that there will be cutbacks on time allocation for subjects like music in the primary school curriculum to accommodate a corresponding increase of time allocation for English.
Such fire-fighting and knee-jerk responses to solve the growing controversy over the Government’s decision on the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English will not offer long-term answers for a balanced curriculum.
Music is just as important as any other subject in the curriculum if a balanced approach to education is to be realised.
Music, together with the fine arts, is the soul of a nation and represents a very potent medium together with the other fine arts for a truly united Malaysia.
A civilisation is remembered not so much by how many wars it won nor by its size but by its fine arts.
Relegating music or any other arts subject to a non-important position is not the right way to improve English.
It can only damage and aggravate the existing imbalance.
Our children should no longer be treated as guinea pigs in experimental efforts to seek a better education system in Malaysia.
JOHAMI ABDULLAH,
President, Malaysian Association for Music Education.
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