Recently, a teacher’s bizarre marking of an English exercise book has gone viral on Twitter and left netizens at a loss for words over the declining state of Malaysia’s English standards.
In the tweet, @AimanlAbdullah wrote how it had exposed the terrifying truth of Malaysia’s education system where English standards have continued to be in a freefall for years.
It has also sparked a fiery debate among netizens, who struggled to understand why such problems still persist and what was the reason for the debacle.
Netizen @najib_ismail opined that the education system was to be blamed as unqualified teachers are often forced to teach due to shortages.
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Remember ya, some teachers don’t have [a] background in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). If you want to someone to blame, blame the system.
However, some disagreed, saying that these were rookie mistakes and do not require a TESL qualification to mark the paper correctly.
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Another netizen believed that the blame should be on the Ministry of Education’s shoulders, writing, “MOE should be blamed for not hiring sufficient number of English teachers every year.”
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What do you think? Should teachers have proper qualifications to teach basic English? Let us know in the comments!
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