If Uec Can T Be Recognised To Preserve Bm S Dignity Then Why Every Single Course At Uitm Is Taught In English

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SUCH is the immediate reaction by renowned political commentator Prof James Chin to ‘original’ news report that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has rebuked calls by DAP to reognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) on grounds that it runs foul of the position of Bahasa Malaysia (BM) in the Federal Constitution.
“ Oh, isn’t it just heartwarming when PMX turns into the fierce guardian of BM, thumping his chest about defending the national language like it’s an endangered species? The UEC must be rejected because its main instruction language is Mandarin,” he teased on his Facebook page.
“Meanwhile, the same Anwar cheerfully accepts English-language O- and A-Level certificates without batting an eyelid. Politics and hypocrisy at work here, folks!”

This was when the inaugural director of the Asia Institute at the University of Tasmania went on to drop an even bigger bombshell – the very fact that majority of Universiti Teknologi MARA’s (UiTM) academic programmes and subjects are taught in English!
The crown jewel of hypocrisy: UiTM where almost every single course is taught in English. Yes, the university that’s practically 100% reserved for Bumiputera students can’t even be bothered to lecture in the sacred national language they’re supposedly dying to protect.
So spare me the noble speeches. This whole UEC circus has zero to do with language and everything to do with KMI (Chin’s self-coined ‘Ketuanan Melayu Islam’ a.k.a. Malay Muslim supremacy) and a show of political power over the Chinese community.
It’s all about Anwar chasing the Malay vote in the next GE (general election). Anwar wouldn’t dare touch it with a ten-foot pole because heaven forbid a single Malay voter gets slightly miffed and costs him GE16.

Truly inspiring leadership, guys. Truly inspiring. Mr Rocket (referring to DAP), you are wasting your time and wasting my time. Stop your play acting. You don’t have to show the Chinese how hard you’re fighting. Why don’t you fight hypocrisy?
Editor’s Note: By the way, DAP lawmaker Syahredzan Johan has very recently rebutted ‘damaging’ news reports claiming that PMX has rejected the push to recognise the UEC.
“There was absolutely nothing in PMX’s statement suggesting that the UEC or any other language was outright rejected. You can watch the video recording if you do not believe so,” clarified the Bangi MP and DAP national vice-chairman.

“Utusan (Malaysia) has already corrected its headline. Harian Metro and Berita Harian have deleted the reports that misrepresented what PMX said.
“But the original “news” has already gone viral. Many online media simply picked up the early reports claiming that PMX rejected the UEC. Oh My Media. Lumi News. Others as well, including Chinese-language media.
“And thus came all kinds of responses based on the headline that PMX rejected the UEC. In Malay, it was said that PMX was firm. In English, it was said that PMX ‘declared war’ on non-Malays. I’m not sure about the reaction in Chinese.”
Siti Kasim: It’s not about language!
On the same wavelength with Chin who is also the senior associate at the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies (TCLC) of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is none other than vocal human rights activist and lawyer Siti Kasim.
Here is the verbatim take of the Orang Asli advocate:
It’s very simple. These people are opposed to the recognition of UEC is because they’re not able to control the syllabus in these independent Chinese schools.
They want to put in their brainwashing subjects as we can see in our national schools. It’s important they infiltrate the education in order to influence the minds of our young. It’s not about the language.
It’s about them having control on what should be taught in schools. With these independent Chinese schools, they are unable to do so. Well, that is what I think and I suspect this view is not far from the truth.












 




 These people are also worried that the national curriculum and the standard of national schools are lagging far behind international standards while the UEC students have become more competitive than those who have gone through our national curriculum and national schools.
If we want to stop this debate, our government should first elevate the national education system to be on par with the UEC; then stop all these religious subjects. If parents are so concerned about the hereafter, send your kids to religious school after normal school hours.
We are living in a world of globalisation. And yet our so-called political leaders are still mentally chained – either for power control or for reasons only known to them. At least Sarawak is leading the way and from I understand, Sabah is following suit.
To all Malaysians, we need to have leaders with foresight for the future of our country and our children.
If we don’t elect leaders who are courageous enough to make the change now, Malaysia will fall behind from other neighbouring countries. Our children are the future of Malaysia. –  Focus Malaysia

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