PUTRAJAYA, July 9 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak said the goal of raising students' English proficiency in the national education system remains even with the abolishment of the teaching and learning of Science and Mathematics in English in 2012.
The prime minister said measures to enhance the teaching of English would include increasing the teaching/learning hours for the subject, increasing the number of English language teachers and setting up language laboratories in schools.
"If the situation permits, we may make a pass in the English language a must at the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) level.
"All this shows that the government is aware how important English mastery is to enable us to be competitive in this era of globalisation," he told reporters after chairing the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council meeting, here, on Thursday.
Najib was asked to comment on the Cabinet's decision yesterday to revert to teaching Science and Mathematics in Bahasa Malaysia and at the same time to undertake a new approach to strengthen the teaching of English at all levels of education.
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