DPM On English

It came as s shock to me to know that our DPM did not know that English was not a must pass subject! The STAR quoted him to say that “ Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is surprised to learn that English is not a “must pass” subject for SPM and wants public feedback on the matter”.
The Education Minister said it was a revelation to him as he had always thought that it was a prerequisite since students had to learn English in school and what further schoked him was that national schools no longer taught English grammar. “I don’t know how you can learn English without knowing grammar,” he told newsmen after launching the Kirkby College alumni association.
For the DPM’s knowledge a pass in English has never been compulsory for SPM for a long time it was during the LCE/MCE examination where you need to get a credit to pass the exams, but how times has changed. How do you expect students to be proficient in English when you don’t even teach them the basic which is grammar?
Well what surprised me was that a DPM did not know about this at all, wonder what Kerismuddin the former Education Minister got to say on this? If this is the standard of ministers in the cabinet how the heck are they going to govern the country? Only God knows, save this country!