Education Minister promises English not impossible

Malaysia's Deputy Education Minister, P. Kamalanathan is confident that Malaysia can become a nation that is proud of its command of the English language.

The ministry has taken a dual-pronged approach to increase the quality of English at both the school and tertiary level of education. The first is remedial in nature and the second is policies that will strengthen English overall among students.

To build a strong foundation, the ministry has embarked on the first phase of increasing literacy by choosing 21,568 students randomly across the country based on the School Based Assessment.

On average 58.6% of students increased their proficiency by one band. 30.8% increased it by two bands.

Students who apply for critical courses now have to attain a higher band in the Malaysian University Test for English (MUET) in order to qualify for their chosen courses in public universities.

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