PUTRAJAYA (Nov 4, 2011): The cabinet today agreed to allow all students under the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI) policy to continue learning the subjects in English until Form Five.Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this meant that primary school pupils in the PPSMI cohort could opt whether to continue learning Science and Mathematics in English or Bahasa Malaysia fully, or in both languages when they enter Form One beginning next year.
"Thus, the teaching and learning of Mathematics and Science in primary schools will only be implemented fully in Bahasa Malaysia in 2016 while in secondary schools it will be implemented in 2021.
"With the decision, the abolition of the PPSMI is upheld. The government does not intend to reimplement the PPSMI as demanded by certain groups," he said at a media conference, here today.
He said that the government hoped the decision to allow the PPSMI cohort to continue learning in the English Language up to Form Five could please the parents.
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