Education system needs to focus more on STEM, says PM

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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also says the need for English proficiency is why the government has been pushing the dual language programme.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/06/25/education-system-needs-to-focus-more-on-stem-says-pm/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AnwarIbrahim #MalaysianEducation #STEM

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00:00What are your thoughts on how we educate, shape and train the next generation of Malaysians

00:07to compete in the global economy?

00:09Yes, not too difficult here.

00:15We need to make the necessary adjustments fast.

00:20For example, say 30 years ago when I was four, 40 probably, when I was Minister of Education,

00:29there was not much need to emphasise on engineering and Tibet and AI as we have to do so now.

00:41So the pace of change has got to be fast and cannot use the normal academic rigour and

00:54process as we did in the past.

00:57Similarly with the English, with the issue of language, I'm very firm on the need for

01:05all Malaysians to be able to be conversant in Bahasa Melayu, it's a national language.

01:10But at the same time you realise that you need to then enhance the level of proficiency

01:18of the English language.

01:21Because we used to have English as a medium of instruction, then it becomes Bahasa, then

01:26it went on, unfortunately, at the expense of the English language.

01:31Now we have to bring it back.

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