00:00A PAS leader has been criticized for opposing the government's efforts to enhance the
00:06teaching of Mandarin and Tamil in vernacular schools by unfairly accusing their teachers
00:11of lacking proficiency in Bahasa Melayu.
00:14On Saturday, PAS' Women's Wing called for the government to reconsider its plans,
00:19saying national-type school teachers should instead be made to improve their command of
00:23the national language.
00:24The Parent Action Group for Education accused Juanita PAS vice-chief Salamia Noor of intention
00:29only politicizing the matter and told the party to stop meddling in matters beyond their
00:34responsibility.
00:35Instead, PAS' chairman Noor Azima Abdul Rahim said PAS would do better to focus its
00:41efforts on arresting the poor academic performance and high dropout rate among school students
00:45in the states it governs.
00:47Meanwhile, the National Union of the Teaching Professions Secretary General Fauzi Singhan
00:52also criticized Salamia for his suggestion.
00:55Fauzi said merely improving the proficiency of teachers in Bahasa Melayu is unlikely to
00:59have an impact on their students' command of the language.
01:02He said proficiency in any language was dependent on daily interactions, as well as the environment
01:07and culture in which its speakers find themselves.
01:10Danish Raja Reza, FMT News.
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