The Apathy Is From You Dont Blame Others

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apathy by Bumiputeras resulted in them being left behind Bumiputera Economic Congress secretariat saidmain problem of education among Malays was apathyother factors - disinterest in science and mathematicslack of support by family members contributed to indifference“Malays who succeed overseas, change their attitude and work hardsuccessful Malays in Silicon Valley, US, Japan,  Australia, Dubai“for Malays to progress they need to get rid of apathy and study hard"“Malays should not depend on assistance, but should take initiative”  
My Comments :
Ok fine but what have you been doing for all these years?
The Malaysian education budget 2024 is almost RM60 Billion. Where is all that money going? 
What are the teachers doing in the schools? We surrender our children to the kebijaksanaan of our school teachers. We also pay the school teachers billions of Ringgit in salaries each year.

Vietnam's education budget is less than RM50.0 billion (2022??) although their population is almost 100 million people.  But Vietnamese students are tops in ASEAN in the PISA Scores for science and mathematics.

"Take inspiration from Vietnam to boost Pisa scores, says varsity chief (30 Apr 2024).  'Malaysia should take inspiration from Vietnam’s improved performance in the Pisa scholastic rankings and work towards improving its own scores, says an academic.  Vietnam showed steep improvement over the years, with more than 70% of its students achieving proficiency in reading, mathematics and science.  It now ranks second in Asean after Singapore".
So what have you been doing brader? What have you all been doing with all that money?
The people are not irresponsible. The Malaysian people are disciplined, responsible, law abiding and they have great trust in the government. Every five years the people line up patiently to vote for a government which they hope will improve their lives. This is our system - parliamentary democracy. The Malaysian people truly uphold this system.




But what have the politicians been doing all these years? 
A chunk of that RM60 billion education budget is "AGIH" or distributed among the book publishers and book printers for supplying books to the government's school system. So the more book orders they get the more money they make.
Now they have five to six hours per week of religious classes for Malay kids. All those religious classes need religious books. So more money for the religious book publishers.  But where does that get them?
Can the Malay kids get a real productive job in the private sector by studying five or six hours of religion every week?
"M'sian Dad Shocked To Find Religious Studies Have More Hours Than Math & Science In School.  "Wow, there are 5.5 hours per week for Pendidikan Agama Islam and related subjects in total," tweeted a father of two."

What does this mean? This means schoolchildren in Vietnam automatically study an extra five or six hours per week of science, mathematics or other relevant subjects  - compared to Malay kids in our schools.
There are about 36 weeks of school each year. So the Vietnamese school kids learn (approx) an extra 36 x 6 hrs = 216 hours each year of Maths, Science, computer programming and other relevant subjects IN SCHOOL (compared to Malay school kids).

So in SIX YEARS of primary school the Vietnamese kids learn 216 hrs x 6 yrs = 1,296 hours of maths, science and other relevant subjects compared to Malay school kids.
Plus another FIVE years of secondary school, that is another extra 1,080 hours of science, maths and other relevant subjects.
That is how Vietnam is No. 2 in ASEAN (after Singapore) in the PISA maths and science scores. And Vietnam is now a tiger economy in Asia. 
(I thought there is no need to make comparisons with Singapore who are No. 1 in ASEAN and possibly in the world).

SO TUAN-TUAN THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY MAKING YOUR CHILDREN DUMBER COMPARED TO ANAK-ANAK ORANG LAIN.

And what is your role in this scheme of things?  Apakah peranan Tuan-Tuan?
It is your apathy. Your tidak apa attitude towards the governments failed education policies.

WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT THE RELIGION THAT YOU MUST TEACH RELIGION FOR SIX HOURS A WEEK FOR 12 YEARS !! 
OR IS IT JUST AN EXCUSE TO "AGIH" BOOK PUBLISHING CONTRACTS TO THE BOOK PUBLISHERS? 

I DONT SEE A SINGLE MALAY EDUCATIONIST, MALAY POLITICIAN OR A SINGLE MALAY ACADEMIC who is willing to stand up and say that you are wasting too much time in schools teaching FIVE TO SIX HOURS OF RELIGION PER WEEK FROM TADIKA TO PRIMARY SCHOOL TO SECONDARY SCHOOL AND EVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL.
Semua takut hilang pencen, takut hilang jawatan, takut tak dapat Datuk. So you just keep quiet, afraid of these monkeys and watch your next generation of Malay children go to hell.
          The Sultan's painting never ceases to capture the point exactly. Daulat Tuanku.




I BELIEVE NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WASTES SO MUCH TIME, SO MUCH MONEY AND RESOURCES TEACHING SCHOOL KIDS THINGS WHICH ARE NOT PRODUCTIVE OR MARKETABLE IN THE REAL JOB MARKET. 

There are three things in this world that should not involve racial quotas : good food, medical services and education. 
When they want a good banana leaf lunch everyone goes to the Indian banana leaf shop. You go there because the food is tasty and good. And you will rarely die of salmonella or E Coli poisoning. It is an Indian shop but no one cares. They go for the food.
When you need medical attention you go and see a skilled doctor. You dont care whether the doctor is Chinese, Indian or Malay. If he is a good doctor that is who you want to treat your illness.
If you dont care too much about your health then you can choose your doctor by your race. See what happens.

When you want to educate your children you want good teachers, regardless of their race. Whether the teacher is Chinese, Malay or Indian if the teacher is good at his job then that is who you want to teach your children.
If you want your children to be dumb, then please choose your teacher by your own race.
If you want to eat good food you go to a place that serves good food, regardless of who is the owner of the restaurant. If you choose the restaurant or caterer by race alone your choices are limited. And maybe get prepared for some Salmonella in the recipe.

But why dont educated Malays succeed as well as others?  The answer is simple - they do not take risks like other people. They are shielded from competition. 
And the New Economic Policy was designed to intentionally shield the Malays from taking risks and competition. This is an old UMNO trick. 
Dont try to succeed by yourself. 
Come to Umno. 
We will fix everything for you. 
I can give you a book publishing contract.
Satu untuk kau, dua untuk aku. And through this simple trick, UMNO created Malay millionaires, billionaires all of whom do not compete in the real market place. There is always a tongkat to hold them in place. The Tongkat Regiment.
Here is a seditious idea : Imagine if the Malays can take risks and compete then they will not need UMNO anymore. The Malays will not need the politicians.  This is the Malay politicians nightmare. When the Malay people can tell the politicians : Please get lost.
Orang Melayu tolonglah bangkit.  

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.
By Syed Akbar Ali 

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