News Reflection
Recently, there has been a debate on whether the Mother Tongue weightage should be lowered in the PSLE. This sparked many comments on whether one approves of this or otherwise. Today, The Straits Times has reported that Dr Ng Eng Han and PM Lee Hsien Loong have concluded that the weightage of the Mother Tongue in the PSLE should not be lowered stating that bilingualism remains as important as ever but what will change is the way it would be taught.
I strongly agree with this as I believe that it is essential for one to know its origins and roots well and for the case of a Singporean, it is through knowing one's Mother Tongue Lanugage well and its traditions.
i agree that the weightage of the Mother Tongue in the PSLE should not be lowered. bilingualism is indeed important. as a Hwa Chongian, i believe that each and every hwa chongian is smart and is good in both the english and chinese language. thus, if students can score high marks in both subjects, it means that the syllbus is not very hard. thus, i do not agree with lowering the weightage of the Mother Tonguue in the PSLE.
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