Photo shows David Wong and Wong Ho Leng showing the reporters the 2007 PMR's Maths and Science papers.
DAP accused the Ministry of education of 'open cheating' in the just concluded PMR exams in Malaysia. The outcry came after David Wong found out that the papers for the 2 subjects (which were taught and supposed to be examined in English) were in bilingual format, i.e in English and Bahasa Melayu. The Bahasa Melayu was seen as a special assistance to the Malays only while Chinese and Tamil students were not given any assistance at all.
David Wong told the press that it is universal that any public exam should be 'fair, just and non-discrimanating' to any student and that has been breached by the Ministry of education as shown in the PMR's Science and Maths papers. The inclusion of Bahasa Melayu was seen by the people and those in the educational fields as an instrument to help the students who were from the national type of primary schools especially the Malays.
He said that many Chinese students felt they were treated unfairly and were frustrated that their own chinese representatives in the BN are not doing anything to give them JUSTICE. Many parents felt absolutely dejected by the unfair treatment to their kids and felt that there is simply no place for them in this country of ours.
'Special rights' for the bumi
David Wong further criticised the BN for implementing the NEP type of 'special rights' to the bumiputras in its educational policies. He further revealed that the finding was not exclusive to the PMR but were also applicable to the SPM(form 5) and STPM (form 6), and that was unfair to the non-bumi students as the results of these 2 public exams were used to apply for government scholarship or into local universities. If certain group was given 'special treatment' than the other groups definitely will lost out in the competition.
David Wong further criticised the BN for practising racial-based discrimanating policies while calling for national intergration. He said only when the government can treat all Malaysian with fairness and equality will our future be secured in this multi-racial and multi-cultural country of ours.
BN must stop its 'Ketuanan Melayu' agendas immediately
David Wong urged the government to stop the Malay supremacy agendas as we are facing competition globally instead of with our own brothers and sisters in Malaysia. Malaysia is not the centre of the universe and there will be no "Malay first" policy in the global market and he said there would not be any exam in Bahasa Melayu and English in the UK, US, Australia or Canada or in any Asian country outside Malaysia.
He urged the Chinese-based parties within the BN to stand tall for what is rights and just for all Malaysian and the country and he questioned the SUPP as to their stand in unfair educational policies of the government.
David Wong
DAP Sarawak Publicity Sec.,
06-10-2007
2 comments:
The BN manipulates everything just to keep them in power. It is a fact that idiots are easier to govern and the poor can be easily bought and thus it is to the advantage of the BN if the majority of the people fall under that two categories.
BN is so strong that it doesn't care if the people find out that it cheats. It has been cheating since day one, be it in the election or in the exam hall or in the examiners chambers or even the judicairy(the Lingamgate.
Only the people can get themselves unlocked and the leaders from the opposition here in Sarawak are doing their best, some of them were not even elected yet!
Keep it up and we know your prayers will be heard one day and i pray that that would be real soon.
anak
Call it an open book examination. Now, let's see. There are so many publications of revision books with available answers in the bookshops. Headmasters, headmistresses, teachers will undoubtedly dig out all the past years' questions for the students. Undoubtedly too, they will talk about the very popular questions that will come out. Oh ! Don't forget. Leakages despite secrecy. Malaysia want excellent students. You do not want an angry look on the faces of Hishamuddin and Mustafar if they are to see red all over the marksheets. It will be most shameful for the country which is standing in the eyes of the world. Afterall, Malaysia is called to be cemerlang, gemilang, terbilang. Since it fails to meet the criteria of genuine excellence and one of it being hard work, that should be called a kopi o cemerlang.
From another anonymous
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