Language ‘ultras’ holding back reforms on English, says group

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The Page group says the lack of English language skills among teachers is at a crisis level.PETALING JAYA: An education group says the downward spiral of English-language skills among teachers is now at a crisis level. It urged the government to stop pandering to politicians and Malay-language ultra-nationalists.“If we continue pandering to them, the problem will not end,” said Tunku Munawirah Putra, secretary of the Parent Action Group for Education.She said the government needs to acknowledge that teachers lack English proficiency.While the Malay language was crucial to unify different backgrounds and as a common identity, proficiency in Malay should not come at the expense of weakening English.Tunku Munawirah Putra.Munawirah was responding to remarks by the Malaysian Employers Federation’s executive director Shamsuddin Bardan, that the poor command of English among many Bum…