This week’s current event is about Indonesia to end teaching of English
in their primary schools. It also touches on Mexican students clashing over the
curriculum and Nigeria urges students to shun Ukraine education. In Indonesia
next year they will stop teaching English in primary schools to try to reverse
the following standards. The deputy of education wants to overhaul the
curriculum, so that the standard will be higher. He also said that students
more time to master their first language. “Elementary schools will have English
lessons because students haven’t learned to understand the Indonesian language.
Now even some kindergarten students take English courses, said the minister of
education.” The ministry wants to focus more on teaching religion and
Indonesian culture at the expense of science and social studies. They won’t
began to learn English until junior high school. They believe that reason why
students on doing good within their own culture, is because they spent too much
time learning English.
Mexican students clash over the curriculum. Trainee teachers in the
Mexican state hijacked buses and trucks in protest against English language and
computer science courses last month, sparking clashes with police. Students
protested at three training colleges which have mandatory English and computer
skills within their curriculum. There were 1500 police deployed to arrest
students to occupy colleges. Students and teachers in the following days
protested in the streets to demand the release of students in custody.
A Nigerian diplomat has urged students from his country to stay
away from university courses taught in English in Ukraine. The diplomat
believes the standards in the language are not good enough. Nigerian ambassador
said that English medium courses were popular choice because fees were low. The
standards of Ukraine language courses were higher and students would be better
of learning the local language.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/nov/13/elt-diary-november-indonesia-english
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