Tuesday, January 23, 2007

MUET & Jobless

Read today TheStar on Varsity students do badly in MUET:

In fact, 29.2% of the 120,000 graduates scored Bands One and Two in the Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which identifies them as “Extremely Limited User” and “Limited User” respectively.


Then read Sinchew: 扶持單一族群政策錯誤


(加影訊)董總主席葉新田博士說,目前的土著大學畢業生的失業率高達96.33%,華裔大學畢業生的失業率則偏低1.73%,說明了政府過去在政策上的錯誤,即只扶持某一族群。他指出,華裔畢業生長期得不到政府的待遇,因此,獨中生和通3語的華裔生因而更靠自己,更須自力更生。

他在較後時的新聞發佈會上補充,華裔畢業生的失業率低,並不表示華裔生很幸運,而是因為華裔生沒有依賴性,也知道本身的環境艱難,所以在這種情況下還是能為自己創造新的環境(克服失業的問題)。

The Sun:


Then back to TheStar again:

Mustapa said the vice-chancellors' committee had recently recommended that the ministry make it compulsory for students to score at least a Band Three before they graduate from university.

“We have turned down the request as this would not be fair to students, particularly those from rural areas,” he said.


Now, you think yourself, is there anything wrong with our education system as well as our minister's mentality?

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