Mother tongue weighting in PSLE should not be cut.
Published April 22, 2010
To Minister-of-Education,
Subject: Weighting for Mother Tongue in PSLE should not be cut
Dear Sir,
We refer to the article "Mother tongue weighting in PSLE could be cut" published in The Strait Times dated 21 April 2010. (http://news.asiaone.com/News/the%2BStraits%2BTimes/Story/A1Story20100421-211509.html)
We think that the weighting for Mother Tongue in PSLE should not be cut, reasons being:
(1) Our younger generation will think that Mother Tongue is not an important subject and thus will not be as willing and motivated to learn and to master it.
(2) Mother languages taught in Primary School level is of acceptable difficulty and it is needed for reading and conversing. Reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE might deprive the students the ability to converse and to read in their Mother Tongue effectively, as it's importance is not stressed in the PSLE level.
(3) We believe all subjects examined in the PSLE level are moderated accordingly. The PSLE system should reward those who are willing to work hard and excel in their Mother Tongue subject, instead of punishing them with the reduce of weighting in PSLE.
We understand that some of our younger generation have difficulty in mastering their Mother Tongue. However, we do believe that reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE is not the solution for this problem and we urge you to reconsider the consequences the change might bring to our future generations.
Yours faithfully,
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Added by: inn0cent on April 23, 2010, 12:51:46 pm
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Amendments:
***(2) Mother TONGUE languages taught in Primary School level is of acceptable difficulty and it is needed for reading and conversing. Reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE might deprive the students the ability to converse and to read in their Mother Tongue effectively, as it's importance is not stressed in the PSLE level.
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Added by: inn0cent on April 28, 2010, 4:59:07 am
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From the creator of this petition: I understand that some of you are facing some problems in signing the petition. Please send me a message and let me know the error message. I will see what I can do. Thanks. (28/04/2010)
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Added by: inn0cent on April 29, 2010, 2:10:26 am
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Amendments:
***(2) Mother TONGUE languages taught in Primary School level is of acceptable difficulty and it is needed for reading and conversing. Reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE might deprive the students the ability to converse and to read in their Mother Tongue effectively, as ITS importance is not stressed in the PSLE level.
***(3) We believe all subjects examined in the PSLE level are moderated accordingly. The PSLE system should reward those who are willing to work hard and excel in their Mother Tongue subject, instead of punishing them with the REDUCTION of weighting in PSLE.
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Added by: inn0cent on April 29, 2010, 10:23:39 am
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Petition goal changed to 1000 instead. Sorry for the confusion.
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Added by: inn0cent on May 1, 2010, 8:37:22 pm
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Petition will be closed at 2359 hours today (02/05/2010).
Subject: Weighting for Mother Tongue in PSLE should not be cut
Dear Sir,
We refer to the article "Mother tongue weighting in PSLE could be cut" published in The Strait Times dated 21 April 2010. (http://news.asiaone.com/News/the%2BStraits%2BTimes/Story/A1Story20100421-211509.html)
We think that the weighting for Mother Tongue in PSLE should not be cut, reasons being:
(1) Our younger generation will think that Mother Tongue is not an important subject and thus will not be as willing and motivated to learn and to master it.
(2) Mother languages taught in Primary School level is of acceptable difficulty and it is needed for reading and conversing. Reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE might deprive the students the ability to converse and to read in their Mother Tongue effectively, as it's importance is not stressed in the PSLE level.
(3) We believe all subjects examined in the PSLE level are moderated accordingly. The PSLE system should reward those who are willing to work hard and excel in their Mother Tongue subject, instead of punishing them with the reduce of weighting in PSLE.
We understand that some of our younger generation have difficulty in mastering their Mother Tongue. However, we do believe that reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE is not the solution for this problem and we urge you to reconsider the consequences the change might bring to our future generations.
Yours faithfully,
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Added by: inn0cent on April 23, 2010, 12:51:46 pm
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Amendments:
***(2) Mother TONGUE languages taught in Primary School level is of acceptable difficulty and it is needed for reading and conversing. Reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE might deprive the students the ability to converse and to read in their Mother Tongue effectively, as it's importance is not stressed in the PSLE level.
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Added by: inn0cent on April 28, 2010, 4:59:07 am
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From the creator of this petition: I understand that some of you are facing some problems in signing the petition. Please send me a message and let me know the error message. I will see what I can do. Thanks. (28/04/2010)
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Added by: inn0cent on April 29, 2010, 2:10:26 am
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Amendments:
***(2) Mother TONGUE languages taught in Primary School level is of acceptable difficulty and it is needed for reading and conversing. Reducing the weighting of Mother Tongue in PSLE might deprive the students the ability to converse and to read in their Mother Tongue effectively, as ITS importance is not stressed in the PSLE level.
***(3) We believe all subjects examined in the PSLE level are moderated accordingly. The PSLE system should reward those who are willing to work hard and excel in their Mother Tongue subject, instead of punishing them with the REDUCTION of weighting in PSLE.
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Added by: inn0cent on April 29, 2010, 10:23:39 am
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Petition goal changed to 1000 instead. Sorry for the confusion.
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Added by: inn0cent on May 1, 2010, 8:37:22 pm
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Petition will be closed at 2359 hours today (02/05/2010).
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