Pemansuhan Dasar PPSMI: Tinjauan daripada Persepsi Parti Politik, Ahli Akademik dan NGO serta Pengalaman di Sekolah

This paper seeks to support the revocation of Teaching and Learning Science and Mathematics Subjects in English Policy (PPSMI) which had been implemented by the government since the 2003 school session. This justification is based on the outcomes of field works undertaken from 2004 to 2008 at selected schools in Terengganu and Selangor. The outcomes of this study proved thatthe achievement of science and mathematic subjects has declined in the consecutive years during the period of the policy implementation, especially in the rural vernacular schools, due to those who involved in teaching did not understand English concepts/terms in the subjects. In fact, they are lagging the basic of English language, as well as the teaching method is unclear andinadequate of teaching material. Those teachers who involved in teaching of these subjects, 87.5 percent in Terengganu and 91.3 percent in Selangor, said the usage of English could not stimulate the students interest. The majority of parents disagreed with the notion that the PPSMI could uplift the achievement of the Malay students in science and mathematic. On the contrary, the resultshad been declining because the students could not follow what had been taught by teachers. As a conclusion, they think that PPSMI should had been abolished since its initial stage.