SPM Decision Making

The flip-flop decision by the government and the cabinet on the SPM total number of subjects allowed depicts how the present government and its ministers make decision on issues pertaining national interest. First our DPM said that they have decided to allow only 10 subjects for SPM examination and this caused a furor among certain fraction of the society questioning the reason behind the decision as it seems to be a subtle move by the government to see vernacular languages to lose its official recognition at the SPM level thus both Mandarin and Tamil language to have a natural death.

After the outcry by the public the Deputy Education Minister said that the cabinet decision is final but the schools can have their own language classes and exam and mind you this is coming from a deputy education minister? The objections continued as some NGO’s were planning for a protest walk on the 12th Dec 09 and MIC was involved in a democratic discussion to resolve this issue with PM according to MIC President Datuk Samy Velu. What democratic discussion we don’t know, any way Muhyiddin Yassin took a U turn in saying that students now can include Chinese or Tamil and Chinese or Tamil literature subjects among the 10, but they will not be counted as "officially recognized" subjects. He further explain with an example that students can take 11 or 12 subjects but only 10 subjects would be counted for purposes of scholarships and other matters and additional subjects might be useful if someone wants to be a Tamil teacher and wants to show qualifications.

This is how our Cabinet and Ministers make decision no wonder our FDI has been declining for the last century and we the Rakyat have entrusted our nation and our future in the hands of these clowns! God Save Malaysia.