Dialog Nasional Pendidikan Negara

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Today, I attended the Dialog Nasional Pendidikan Negara. It was neither a talk nor a conference instead, it is a dialogue. A rakyat dialogue. A dialogue in which the voice of rakyat were heard and being considered.

During the dialogue, I'd came across a number of impressive suggestions for education such as alternative education and the idea to put more emphasis on building Malaysians' 'akhlak'.

More, I dare myself to voice out my own opinion on Malaysian educational system. With that, I came out with 5 suggestions:

  1. To improve the teaching of Bahasa Malaysia (considering the result of my thesis);
  2. To improve the teaching of languages in Technic and Vocational schools;
  3. To revise and revamp English textbook (English textbook should be graded and created accordingly to a specific audience- eg: textbook for dyslexic, textbook for elementary level etc. );
  4. For teacher professionalism, teachers should avoid sharing their Facebook page with their students;
  5. To provide free tuition for students who are living households on less than RM1500 a month.
Some pictures:


ps: I got my brother accompanying me for the whole morning and my other half who'd settled everything beforehand for me. Thanks guys for your wonderful support.   

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