THE Education Minister needs to be reminded of the importance of the optional Dual Language Programme (DLP), and how and why it was conceived. Ministers and directors-general come and go, but parents are here to stay.
It was in early 2015 that the Economic Council, chaired by the sitting prime minister, demanded a radical approach towards enhancing English proficiency after seeing the damaging effects of poor command of the language on the youth’s chances for employment.
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