Ministry of Education is reviewing the proposal to change the weighting of Mother Tongue languages in PSLE. So now, the big question is to cut or not to cut the weighting?
Personally, I feel that the weighting should not be reduced. The existing 25% weighting is not a lot, so it will be even lesser if it is further reduced. There is no incentive for students to put in the efforts to master the mother tongue languages. This should not be the case!
For me, as a Chinese, it is my responsibility to learn Chinese as it is my heritage. It can be of good use in the future when I travel to China to start a business. It is also a bonding language among Chinese.
A good education stress on bilingualism, at least in Asia. So, there is no shortcut to this. The other school of thought is that children will be less stressful and more willing to learn if they are not penalised when they do not do well. But, students are practical - if there is lesser marks, they will put in lesser efforts and focus on those subjects with higher weighting.
In conclusion, I feel that there is no need to cut the weighting of mother tongue languages, causing everyone to be affected by this. One solution is to make the syllabus easier, so that it is not so painful to grasp the languages.
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