The federal government decision to revise 10-subject cap to 12-subject for SPM examination is the ‘same racist formula in different version’, alleged a DAP leader today.
Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy said the revised decision was still a re-designed Umno-initiated racial policy to eliminate vernacular languages in the country.
He said the Cabinet decision not to give official recognition and grade value to the two additional subjects allowed for students had actually retained the objective earmarked for the controversial education policy.
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“It’s actually back to square one . . . it’s a meaningless and hollow victory.
“The revise will not help the development of vernacular languages in the country.
“It will discourage students from taking up the vernacular language and literature subjects for SPM due to lack of grade value.
“In long run, it would create shortage of teachers and consequently spell the end of Tamil and Chinese schools,” Ramasamy told Malaysiakini.
Yesterday the Putrajaya administration revised the SPM subject cap to enable the Indian and Chinese students to sit for Tamil and Mandarin language and literature subjects.
However, Education Minister Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the additional subjects to the six core and four relevant subjects would not be given official recognition.
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In immediate response, MIC president S Samy Vellu lauded the cabinet for making the changes.
"I thank the prime minister and the deputy prime minister for agreeing to our (MIC's) request," he said.
However, Ramasamy blasted Samy Vellu for supporting the cabinet move, arguing that the original 10-cap SPM system should not have been introduced in the first place.
He likened Samy Vellu apparaisal to the federal government to an ISA detainee praising the government for releasing him from Kamunting Detention Centre “when he should not have been detained without trial in the first place.”
He said the new SPM cap policy was a betrayal to the Indian and Chinese communities by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s ‘1Malaysia’ government.
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The cabinet's original decision to limit 10-subject cap has caused outcry because vernacular languages would lose its official recognition at the SPM level.
Under the system to be implemented next year, the six compulsory papers are Bahasa Malaysia, English, Islamic Education or Moral Studies, History, Mathematics and Science.
In most cases, science stream students have the choice of biology, chemistry, physics and additional mathematics to fill the remaining four subjects, while commerce students would be left with accountancy, commerce, economics and geography.
Many groups have pointed out that the 10-subject system leaves no room for non-literature subjects to be considered for SPM qualifications.
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The government has decided to put a limit on the number of subjects a student can take in the SPM examination because some were taking up to 18 subjects as a way to increase their scores.
Ramasamy said several Indian leaders from political parties and non-governmental organisations plan to meet tomorrow in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the next course of action to force the federal government to give grade value to vernacular language and literature subjects in SPM.
He said he would table an emergency motion over the issue at the Dewan Rakyat sitting on Monday, although he expected it to be rejected by the Speaker.
The ad-hoc SPM 12-Subject Action Group, comprising nearly 30 Indian-based NGOs, plans to go ahead with its protest over the issue in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 12.
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The group chairperson A Thiruvenggadam said the latest cabinet decision failed to heed to the call made by the Indian community to safeguard the Tamil language.
“We wanted the government to allow students to take Tamil language and literature subjects for SPM with official recognition.
“The latest government decision defeats our objective and deceives the concept of 1Malaysia,” he told Malaysiakini.
The protest, which is expected to draw 5,000 people nationwide, is to be held at Wisma Peladang next Saturday morning.
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