Taking the cue from my earlier release on Malaysia Education System; on the 5th of January 2011, in the Star – Sarawak edition, it was another blow to our Ministry of Education when the issues on the History subject and shortage of trained teachers were highlighted as the Headline of the paper and eventually became the ‘sound bites’ in the State of Sarawak. The Headline was – “Lest we forget – State rep: History must include contributions by Sarawak”. Below is the excerpt of the news:
Quote “The Government should not make History a compulsory Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) subject until the syllabus has been revised to include the contributions made by Sarawak and Sabah. Padungan assemblyman Dominique Ng said the current syllabus mainly on peninsular Malaysia and excluded the history of Sarawak and Sabah and international history.
Ng said Sarawak had a long and rich history stretching from the prehistoric age through the Srivijaya and Majapahit empires, the Brunei Sultanate, to the sovereign state of Sarawak of 100 years” unquote.
Indeed, there is some logical sense about the matter, I which I give full support and definitely agree with his points. There are many other significant things, such as the story of the Grand Old Lady (which I’ve released in December 2010), the story of oil and gas industry – its contribution to the nation building, etc. that are not properly shared with all the Malaysians and others. Who to be blamed? Or rather; Who is the responsible party to seriously look into the matter?
Quote “The Government should not make History a compulsory Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) subject until the syllabus has been revised to include the contributions made by Sarawak and Sabah. Padungan assemblyman Dominique Ng said the current syllabus mainly on peninsular Malaysia and excluded the history of Sarawak and Sabah and international history.
Ng said Sarawak had a long and rich history stretching from the prehistoric age through the Srivijaya and Majapahit empires, the Brunei Sultanate, to the sovereign state of Sarawak of 100 years” unquote.
Indeed, there is some logical sense about the matter, I which I give full support and definitely agree with his points. There are many other significant things, such as the story of the Grand Old Lady (which I’ve released in December 2010), the story of oil and gas industry – its contribution to the nation building, etc. that are not properly shared with all the Malaysians and others. Who to be blamed? Or rather; Who is the responsible party to seriously look into the matter?
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